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Staff Reports: Sierra Madre City Council Meeting, May 10, 2011
Take a look at the full agenda packet for the next meeting of the Sierra Madre City Council.
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Dan Abendschein (Editor) June 18, 2013 at 09:11 am
I would say Eric, for the same reason you posted this announcement on Patch - so other Sierra Madre…Read More residents will read it.
lisa June 18, 2013 at 02:29 pm
I'd like to see more effort put toward leaf blowers and lawn mowers ... Te
ANALILY PARK June 18, 2013 at 03:18 pm
Every time I see a "Ziplock" Baggie I wonder..... Where will it end up!?
Maria M D June 10, 2013 at 09:37 am
Sierra Madre Sue--Thanks for bringing this issue to light.
We haven't had block parties on East…Read More Laurel, but we have had Neighborhood Watch and National Night Out parties at my house. I would love to have a block party, but it sounds expensive and complicated in Sierra Madre.
I will make sure that others are aware of this issue. I agree that Sierra Madre is a small town, where you know all your neighbors and watch out for each other. That is what makes it so special.
SierraMadreSue Behrens June 11, 2013 at 11:48 am
Thank you Maria. I saw my letter got published in the Mountain Views last Saturday so hopefully if…Read More more people express the same opinion to the City, maybe they'll listen and react!
LarKat May 28, 2013 at 01:31 pm
Even with students being sent to class with the individual supplies they need, teachers are sorely…Read More lacking basic supplies. Programs that help teachers are wonderful for the educators, schools and parents who are generally called upon to make up the difference.
Louis Educe May 28, 2013 at 06:22 pm
I guess some of my point is that instead of Staples, BigLots, Target etc. giving supplies and…Read More discounts to teachers - somehow give it to the parents. By giving it to the schools/teachers it perpetuates the idea that it is "our" job to provide these supplies to the kids - and lets parents even more off the hook for taking responsibility for their own families.
I will say though that MANY families in lower income areas set priorities for school and make decisions which teach kids that school and education are important priorities in both time and money. What is sad is that many also make the choice to spend what little funds they have on the latest high end phone, or fashion statement at the cost of being ready for class and learning. If you ask any teacher, we see this every year and now at the end of they year when kids haven't succeeded, they often ask US why their kids didn't do well... you spend money on where your heart is - and it wasn't in school.
Pasted below is a slightly abridged version of my comment as submitted in response to those Tattler readers: Hi All, I'm glad to see the discussion continuing here about online access to agenda packets. This is something I've felt strongly about for a while. If the moderator would allow me to respond to a few commenters, that would be great. @11:49 - Consent Calendar items are indeed posted to Patch along with agenda items 2 through 6. You may have to click the right arrow in the thumbnail gallery to see them, but they're all there, each item divided into an individual PDF file. Perhaps we should post them as a single PDF in order to make the system more user friendly. It's a new project, so this is one of many possible revisions we can consider going forward. @1:23 - The city makes two full copies of the agenda packet available to credentialed members of the press on a first come, first serve basis. So we have yet to have to pay any copying fees for agenda packets, though we have paid for other FOIA records requests in the past. Thanks everyone. Let me know of any more suggestions you have for promoting open government in Sierra Madre and maybe Patch can help!