Thursday, September 24th, 2009
Richmond Street Fair – El Segundo Kiwanis Club
We can’t wait to see you at the Richmond Street Fair!
Saturday, September 26 from 9AM-5PM.
Five Big Blocks of Fun
on Richmond Street, Grand and Franklin Avenues!
Plenty of Free Parking -¬Details Here
We also would love for you to be part of the fun.¬
Check out our¬Volunteer Page¬to find out how.
Have a great handcrafted product?
Check out our¬Vendor page!
Read the entire article at:
http://www.richmondstreetfair.com/
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
by Jennifer Evans
If El Segundo residents are opposed to the cityÄôs water rate increase they should check their mailboxes for a protest ballot, due to hit homes in the next week.
At the Sept. 1 El Segundo City Council meeting, members voted to increase the rate by an average of $11 per month to offset a more than $3 million loss in revenue. However if more than 50 percent of the ballots show residents are opposed to the rate increase, rates will not change.
When compared to neighboring cities, El Segundo has the lowest water rates. However, from 2003 to 2009, the Metropolitan Water District has raised its rates by more than 65 percent. Although El Segundo implemented an increase of 14.5 percent last year, it was not enough to keep up with the districtÄôs rate increase.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.tbrnews.com/articles/2009/09/11/el_segundo_news/news04.txt
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Tuesday, September 8th, 2009
The reason that El Segundo has a budget problem is the contract that was “put in place by the late former El Segundo Mayor Mike Gordon” per the El Segundo Director of Finance Deborah Cullen.
I just want to point out here, again, that the policies of Mike Gordon were detrimental to the city of El Segundo and were put in place for the advancement of his own political career. The city will survive with the leadership of the current management, but it was a blow that we need to recover from.
So why does the El Segundo Fire Department have 19 full-time staff, with an average salary of $150,000?
Previous to the new contract, both police and fire had been given a five-year contract from 2003-08, put in place by the late former El Segundo Mayor Mike Gordon. The contract enabled a raise in both base salary and special compensation. Cullen explained that this resulted in a 38-percent growth in salary payout over that period.
Smith said running two short will have a minimal impact and added that in terms of structure fires, the city experiences an average of less than one per year.
ÄúWe are not putting the city at danger with these cuts,Äù El Segundo Mayor Kelly McDowell said.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.tbrnews.com/articles/2009/09/08/el_segundo_news/news04.txt
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
ItÄôs official: A second ice cream truck will be gracing the streets of El Segundo.
The City Council voted 4 to 1 Tuesday night to approve the license for Chekesha PalmerÄôs truck.
Standing his ground against the frozen treats was Councilman Don Brann, a longtime school superintendent who initially raised objections, saying ice cream trucks do no good and cause health and safety problems for children.
Read the entire article at:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2009/09/ice-cream-truck.html
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Thursday, September 3rd, 2009
By John Bogert Staff Columnist
The view over the exceedingly long hood of the 1936 Packard Standard 8 Touring sedan ($3,270 new) is truly, wonderfully, deeply, crazily remarkable.
And mainly because I am actually getting to enjoy that view from behind the wheel of this perfectly restored automobile that is making me feel decidedly underdressed.
This ride calls for a chalk-striped suit and shoulders as overstuffed as the wide seat I’m bouncing on for reasons of kinetic realism. I also need, for purely aesthetics’ sake, a long woman in cream-colored Chanel to blow cigarette smoke suggestively through the veil of her hat wide-brimmed.
Don’t blame me. It’s the cars at the Automobile Driving Museum in El Segundo, a museum that you may not have heard of because it is overshadowed by the elegant Nethercutt Collection in Sylmar and the Petersen Automotive Museum, two places that have more cars.
Two places where cars lack fluids, if you catch my drift. In short, no gasoline, no oil, no transmission, brake or radiator fluid whooshing through perfectly restored innards because those cars don’t drive.
Read the entire article at:
http://www.dailybreeze.com/news/ci_13256889?source=rss
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