May
22
Planning Commission stands by rezone to retail
Filed Under Commission Meetings, Planning & Zoning, Troy Edgar | 2 Comments
One of the chain's restaurants
A word from Dave E: Jody Schloss is a former Planning Commissioner and one of the more informed local residents I know. She was the person who tipped off the city as to the Base’s plans to house a L.A. County Sherriff’s Helicopter Base several years ago.
When she sent me some information about the ongoing dispute about the 24 Hour Fitness property rezone, I asked her if she could write the article and e-mail it to me. There’s lots of good information in it, and I hope Jody will become one of a team of regular contributors to LetsFixLosAl.
by Jody Schloss. (Los Alalmitos, May 22, 2010) Just two weeks ago the Planning Commission reconsidered a rezone they’d done earlier at the request of the City Council. The property involved was the old 24 Hour Fitness building, and the back-and-forth between the Council and Planning Commission is an interesting story, to say the least.
Many residents would probably be surprised to know Read more
Oct
16
Los Al Mayor calls Special Council Meeting for Saturday afternoon
Filed Under City Council Meetings, Traffic, Troy Edgar | 35 Comments
(10/16/2009, Los Alamitos) Mayor Edgar has called a special meeting of the City Council for tomorrow, 10/17/2009, at 3 p.m. to discuss two items.
With a regular meeting already scheduled for Monday, it’s a bit unclear why a special meeting is needed, especially since Monday’s agenda (to be posted here later) seems Read more
Mar
8
Answers to your “F.A.Q.s” about the Troy Edgar recall
Filed Under 2009 Issues, City Council, Troy Edgar | 19 Comments
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Correction (3/15/08) Dave here: In several posts and comments reference has been made by myself and others to Troy Edgar nominating Dean Grose to serve as Mayor. It has been called to my attention that, according to the Council minutes, Troy neither nominated nor seconded Dean to serve as Mayor last December, but he did vote for him.
I was given the information by a reputable source, and it matched my memory of that meeting, so I put it up without verifying it in the minutes. I was wrong, and deeply regret passing on that misinformation.
I strive to pass on accurate information on this site, and regret it took this long for the misinformation to be called to my attention. I just wish someone had called it to my attention earlier. That’s one reason we have open posting–but it’s not an excuse. Sorry!
Now to our 3/8 post of FAQs:
(Dave here, ) J. M. Ivler posted the following remarks in a comment, & I felt it had enough information it would be beneficial to put it up as a separate post, which also makes your responses, questions, and discussion easier: (but first, our current poll on the recall.)
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Transparency
One of the best things about this blog is that it permits me to be as transparent about what is happening as possible. I can tell people what the process is, what has been done, why it was done, what the next steps are, etc.
So, let me clear up a few things that I have heard, think of it as Read more
Mar
3
Los Alamitos’ new Mayor, Troy Edgar
Filed Under About Dave Emerson, City Council, Dean Grose, Decency, Teamwork, Troy Edgar | 20 Comments
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Note regarding ads: At the suggestion of my I.T. department, also known as Nate, we now have some ads on this blog. We hope to offset server costs and maybe even pay for some additional reporters. These are “contextualized” ads that are placed by Google using their algorithms. I think that means that we don’t pick the ads.
If you notice any ads that you feel might be inappropriate, just let me know by posting a comment. BTW, any real estate ads aren’t mine.
Every penny of ad revenue will go into the blog, so if you see an ad that interests you, please feel free to explore further. On the other hand, I’m trying to live a little more by the “Golden Rule,” so let’s treat our advertisers the way we’d want to be treated: No rapid or random clicking, please. Thanks.
TV and print media setting up before the Los Alamitos Council Meeting (click photo to enlarge)
(3/3/09, by Dave Emerson & readers) Last night’s Los Alamitos City Council meeting was partly sweet and partly sour. Most of the sweet moments came from public comments where a rainbow of Los Alamitos residents made sincere efforts both to speak up against racism but sometimes also to thank Dean Grose for stepping down from both the Council and Mayor and to even point out some of the positive aspects of his life.
I hope to share more of that in a later post, but for now I want to focus on the sourest moment of the evening, one that still makes me feel sick in my gut just thinking about it.
The people speak:
First allow me to set the stage. During over an hour of public comments speaker after speaker exhorted Read more
