~ At its Feb. 7, 7:30 p.m. meeting, the Monrovia City Council will consider what to do with the hillsides above Monrovia that the city purchased quite a few years ago. City staff and the Community Services Commission recommend that the Council adopt a minimalist approach, adding only "new gates, signage, bear-proof trash receptacles, and mutt mitts" at each access point and adding “No Parking” signs on Cloverleaf Drive. Source: http://goo.gl/5XVyv
Opinion: This is just Really, REALLY wrong! Everybody in the city is paying for this land and it would be utterly unfair for the city to make it HARDER for city residents to get to it, as would happen if (as under this proposal) the city posts additional stretches of street as "No Parking." I understand residents near the trailheads don't want cars parked out front all day. Fair enough, but that argues for adding some city parking at the trailheads, NOT for making it harder for the people who are paying for this recreation area to get to it.
~ Foothill Unity Center reports that the Tuckers, the first family featured on this LA Times video about people struggling in the recession, are Unity Center clients. http://goo.gl/5ZgzM
- Brad Haugaard
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