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Thursday, OCTOBER 20, - OCTOBER 26, 2011
Brokate Lawsuits Costly to Monrovia and Plaintiff
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The Tournament Of Roses® Announces 2012 Rose Queen® 16-Year-Old Drew Washington to Preside over Parade
By Susan Motander In the last two years, George Brokate and Excalibur Properties, LLC which Brokate owns, has filed four lawsuits from which the City of Monrovia has had to defend itself and the members of its City Council and City Staff. These four lawsuits, filed since March 2010 have regarded the development of the Gold Line Mainte-
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Antonovich Seeks to Reduce Deputies’ Time Working Jails Along with a unanimous vote to establish a “Citizens’ Commission on Jail Violence,” the Board of Supervisors approved a series of recommendations for the Sheriff’s implementation and consideration. One of the recommendations submitted by Mayor Antonovich was to reduce the time newly-sworn deputies are required to serve in the jails before being assigned to patrol. Currently, they serve
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Flanked by Princesses Kimberly Ostiller and Cynthia Louie, Queen Drew Washington expresses her excitement the moment her name was called - Photos by Terry Miller
The Pasadena Tournament of Roses named Drew Helen Washington as the 94th Rose Queen Tuesday. Tuesday’s announcement concludes a month-long process that began with 900 Pasadenaarea young women who participated in the Tournament of Roses Royal Court tryouts. The Rose Queen and Royal Court will reign over the 2012 Tournament of Roses festivities, culminating in the 123rd Rose Parade® presented by Honda and themed Just
Imagine…, and the 98th Rose Bowl Game® presented by VIZIO. “2012 Rose Queen Drew Washington and our six princesses are perfect ambassadors for the Tournament of Roses and the city of Pasadena,” said Tournament of Roses 2012 President Rick Jackson. “They are talented, graceful and stellar role models who will inspire many young girls. We are delighted to have Queen Drew lead our court and reign over the 123rd Rose
Parade and 98th Rose Bowl Game.” Drew Washington, 16, is second African American Rose Queen in the Tournament of Roses History . The first was Kristina Smith, a 20-year-old PCC student who was Rose Queen in 1985. Queen Drew and the six Rose Princesses were selected based upon a combination of qualities, including public speaking ability, poise, academic
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Queen Drew appears to go into shock at the announcement-Photo by Terry Miller
Temple City Education Center Students Antonovich Pushes For Cost Savings Rise to the Occasion and Help Homeless and Public-Private Partnerships Vets During ‘Stand Down’ Oct 20 in Proposed Jail Plan Local Students Collect Blankets and Write Letters to Homless Vets "STAND DOWN" is an event various Veterans organizations together with their local and federal service organizations put toghether about once or every so often when the need is greatest to
help the Homeless Veterans and today there are more women Veterans with children that are suffering the horrores of displacement and violence, left homeless, penniless and with children, we
as Veterans have set up what we call Stand Down where a Veteran can come in, be fed three squares for a day or more (depending on volunt-
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To mitigate the high cost of the proposed jail plan, a motion by County Mayor Michael D. Antonovich requesting that the Sheriff’s Department and the Chief Executive Officer explore less costly alternatives including public-private partnerships
and contracting with other entities for jail beds was unanimously approved by the Board of Supervisors. In his motion, Antonovich suggested that construction costs could be absorbed by the contractor in exchange for the County’s guarantee to enter into a
long term lease payment on a daily cost-per-bed basis or simply contract with other entities for additional jail beds to avoid construction costs at Pitchess Detention Center or the replacement of Men’s Central Jail.