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SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING ENDS WITH ‘NO REPORTABLE ACTION’ ON MALDEF DEMANDS “I want to clear my name.” - Victor Castellano
“I just want everybody to vote.” - Betty Thomas
Victor Castellano (Left) Mayor Tom Adams (Middle) and Betty Thomas (RIght). - Photos by Terry Miller
BY SUSAN MOTANDER The Monrovia City Council held a special meeting on Tuesday to discuss the demand letter from MALDEF, the Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund. The letter was received last week by the city and alleges that the city was not in compliance
with the California Voting Rights Act of 2001 by holding “at large elections” for city council, rather than by district. Mayor Tom Adams opened the meeting and then called for public input on the only item on the agenda, the potential of litigation based on the MALDEF letter. There were only three people who responded to the call for
Old Town Report BY PAM FITZPATRICK At least once a week I drop by the planning counter at city hall to check up on what staff knows about goings-on and potential goings-on in Old Town. I write down what I hear and then I think, “If I could only write
about what’s going on behind the scenes.” I will write a novel one day, but not today … So, for now, I’ll be satisfied to tell only secrets that want to be told and I’ll start today with my friend and fellow small business operator SEE PAGE 12
input. After the public comments, the council adjourned to closed session to discuss a response to MALDEF. Meeting in closed session is customary when the council is consulting with the city attorney regarding potential litigation. After more than an hour of discussion behind closed doors, the council returned
and indicated that they had taken no reportable action, and continued the matter for further discussion to its next meeting in September. The MALDEF letter demanded a response by Aug. 24, next Wednesday. Betty Thomas, who identified herself as SEE PAGE 13
Monrovian Medals Again - Sets Several New Records BY SUSAN MOTANDER Monrovian Kim Rhode has done it again. She had won another Olympic medal. The Bronze Medal is her sixth: three Golds, a Silver, and one other Bronze. It is also her
sixth Olympic Games. With that feat she has set several records. She is first woman to win medals in six consecutive Olympic Games. She is the first American to win medals in six consecutive Olympic Games. And she is the only person
to medal in six consecutive summer Olympics (there is a luger who has medaled in six Olympics as well, but that is a winter sport). She won those medals SEE PAGE 13