Edit:  [The original link has been removed.   Here's a new link to a different, two-line story, buried among other regional news blurbs:  http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_6682815]

The original story said Brad Johnson announced his resignation on Monday, but, he made no mention of it at our Planning Commission meeting that night.  The story also said he was taking a comparable job in Pomona, where, we will assume, he'll be making better money than he's making in Rosemead.

     On August 14, the Rosemead City Council, meeting as the Community Development Commission, voted 4-0 to negotiate a deal with Burke, Williams, Sorensen, LLP to serve as redevelopment attorney.  The law firm's home page is here:  http://www.bwslaw.com/

    Gary Taylor did not attend the CDC meeting, took no part in the interview process, and did not cast a vote among the applicants.

     On the front page of the city's website, www.cityofrosemead.org, is an announcement of a public hearing scheduled for the August 20 Planning Commission meeting.  The hearing will be focused on the city's proposed mixed-use design standards and the proposal to adopt a negative declaration (no significant environmental impact if the standards are adopted).

     From my office window at Cal State L.A., I can look northwest, across the 710 freeway, and into Alhambra.  Immediately across the freeway, there's a hill.  And atop that hill is a mansion.  Four years ago, I learned that this mansion was owned by Phil Spector.  That's because four years ago, there were a large number of helicopters hovering around the area, all pointing their sky cameras towards the place where Lana Clarkson was either murdered or committed suicide.  http://www.latimes.com/news/local/crime/la-me-spector6archive27mar27,0,5628346.story  [Do you ever get the idea that L.A.-types look down their nose at the SGV? :D].

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     As part of the National Night Out event, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is hosting an event at the Rosemead Public Safety Center, 3018 Charlotte Ave.  It's in Zapopan Park, off of Garvey, just east of Beach's.  Tuesday, August 7, 6pm -8pm.  I have heard that hot dogs and red hots are on the menu.

     This would be a chance to see the new public safety center and meet with some of the deputies that patrol our streets.

     Anyone seeing me the past few weeks may have noticed I'm getting a little shaggy.  That's 'cause I messed up on the timing of the summer break at the Rosemead Beauty School.  But I think they come back from break on Tuesday, so I can finally get my hair cut.  (On the other hand, if they're off for another week still, then I may need to break down and go someplace else).

     I get a giggle everytime I visit thefcblog and read about the "Murder Bus."  (Foothill Transit #187, which is also the police code for homocide--these are the things you learn when you grow up watching Adam-12).

     I ride 187 about once a month--more in the summer, less often in the winter.  It runs between Claremont and Pasadena, with a stop at the Sierra Madre Villa Gold Line station.  West of Sierra Madre Villa, it mostly runs on Colorado.  But it heads north on San Gabriel, east on Foothill, enters and exits the Sierra Madre Villa Station, then continues east on Foothill.  Then it's south on Rosemead, then east on Colorado.  East of the race track, you find yourself on Huntington.  Three or four miles past the race track, you hit Myrtle.

     Last week, the SGV Tribune posted a story about the loss of funding for planning on the Gold Line Extension to Montclair/Ontario:  http://www.sgvtribune.com/ci_6456481

     Because I'm part of that tiny minority of SGV residents who commutes via public transit, I generally support any additional money for public transit.  And, if the budget was big enough, sure, why not build the light rail extension into San Bernardino County?