Montebello Recall Election

Submitted by Zebra24601 on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 11:41
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Montebello voters overwhelmingly recalled councilman Jeff Sicama, 72% YES to 28% NO. He will be succeeded by former Montebello councilwoman Mary Anne Saucedo. To some extent, this is a victory for the people, who asked for a referendum on the fire department issue but were denied by a council majority that no longer exists.

However, the folks who financed the recall also need to be watched. Their dealings in the past have not all been above-board.

Montebello Recall Election

Submitted by night reader on Wed, 12/19/2007 - 22:23.

It could be one of those situations where the politicians played it wrong, and the challengers moved on the opportunity. Gotta keep that ear to the rail, or you get run over.

Riddle me this. If Attina's hooked up with TELACU (that bigass development company that seems to develope more outside of "ELA" than in it), which owns Tamayo, the expensive Mexican restaurant on Olympic, why was the food at Wild Coyote so lousy? Contradictions abound. Am I just exposing my own cluelessness?

Montebello Recall Election

Submitted by centaur1255 on Thu, 12/20/2007 - 09:13.

What former Council Member Jeff Siccama does not mention is that he and his ousted council members wanted "affordable housing" instead of senior housing. TELACU happens to be a developer who knows the in's and out's of HUD and the complex paperwork and building codes behind gov assisted senior housing and do it well. I believe the former council members were called "granny haters". The majority of these seniors lived in their own homes in Montebello all their lives. Nobody likes to say it out loud, but who wants an "affordable housing" complex in their backyard, and ALL the accompanying activity that comes with "concentrated poverty"?

Montebello Recall Election

Submitted by night reader on Fri, 12/21/2007 - 02:43.

yeah, let the free market produce and concentrate poverty on its own.

free market place and poverty

Submitted by centaur1255 on Sat, 12/22/2007 - 10:17.

Tsk tsk tsk Night Reader, your Peoples' Republic of Berkley education is showing again. When you go home for the holiday's, don't forget to blame and critize your parents for not giving birth and raising you in Stalingrad, Bejing or Havana, where you would have been happier. If it weren't for last minute Christmas errands, you know I would blog on. To be continued....

free market place and poverty

Submitted by night reader on Sun, 12/23/2007 - 16:27.

For a moment there, I thought you were boosting TELACU, an organization that builds what is, in many respects, socialized housing. Good to see you're back in the weird anti-communist mode.

Did you know that Max Boot and Ed Meese both went to Cal Berkeley?