October 2007 Archives
Reports of my demise are well founded. Laid low by some mystery malady (noninfectious) I stumbled through Monday night's meeting / reporting until 3 a.m. and struggled to recover since. Been back at my desk for an hourish now but I feel like a Chinese-made toy (full of lead).
Anyhoo, at Monday's meeting, Jimmy Morris reminded me the city would be coming back Tuesday with answers to the questions asked during the Lashing of the Mayor at Meeting II last month. I planned to go, but my virus said 'No.'
Apparently the Heritage Square kerfuffle turned into a disagreement of whose meeting it is.
Did get ahold of interesting e-mail exchange which includes a response from a pissed off City Manager Cynthia Kurtz to Fair Oaks PAC'r Ishmael Trone:
"I ask that you not rewrite history to serve your purposes at least as it relates to me personally or my carrying out my responsibilities as City Manager."
Cynthia Kurtz
Full e-mail exchange is posted in the full post below. I've taken license to reverse the order of messages to restore the chronology.
I'm posting a bounty for any and all City Hall costume pictures sent my way.
A bounty of delicious candy. Full-size for department heads and up.
From this day on, the official language of San Marcos will be Swedish. Silence! In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check. Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now... 16 years old!
What laws would you make? Assemblyman Mike Eng wants to know:
ASSEMBLYMEMBER MIKE ENG TO LAUNCH FIRST ANNUAL “THERE OUGHT TO BE A LAW” CONTEST(Rest of news release follows in full post)El Monte, CA – Assemblymember Mike Eng (D-Monterey Park) will be introducing the first annual “There Ought To Be a Law” Contest at a press conference scheduled for Thursday, November 8, 2007, at 10:00am. The press conference will take place at his District Office in the city of El Monte and will feature members of the community who support this program.
Updated the web with the outcome of Monday's special meeting on the Rose Parade controversy.
Council was unanimous in supporting the concept of human rights, but disagreed onwhether China should be singled out after hearing a couple hours of testimony on that country's rights abuses.
Of using our relationship with Beijing to communicate a stance on human rights, Councilwoman Margaret McAustin said last night they should "be mindful of the fact we don't want to appear to be hitting them over the head in a negative way."
Here's the U.N.'s "universal declaration" they agreed to endorse.
Thorny issue prompts 'generic' statement from council
By Kenneth Todd Ruiz, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 10/29/2007 11:11:37 PM PDT
• PDF: Human Rights Commission recommendations
reports on the Beijing float
PASADENA - A Catholic monk's withered arm, deformed from what was described as years of torture, only compounded the City Council's unease Monday night as it considered a response to wide-ranging complaints over China's participation in the 2008 Rose Parade.
Thrust into the spotlight by a local controversy that has grown into a referendum on China's suitability as Olympic host, the council resembled an international court as the dozens of speakers lined up to deliver testimony on the balance of that nation's past and current abuses.
Read the full post for the rest of the story.
Remember Katrina Leung?
Apparently in 1999, she came to City Hall to urge the City Council to adopt Xicheng as its Chinese Sister City.
Funny comment by e-mail: "Who knows? You dig deep enough you might wind up in the middle of Tiananmen Square."
Today's story:
Float backers tied to Chinese government Pasadena City Council to discuss controversial Rose Parade entry By Kenneth Todd Ruiz, Staff Writer Article Launched: 10/25/2007 11:31:01 PM PDTPASADENA -- Links between China's central government and a controversial Beijing Olympics float in next year's Rose Parade run deeper than its promoters have disclosed.
Although officials with the city, Tournament of Roses and float-financier Avery Dennison Corp. have played down China's role in bringing the float to the parade, at least one of the Chinese-American associations funding its construction has ties to the communist government, and in fact could be part of it.
With a week off from reporting, The Weekly apparently had a lot of time on its hands to do some writing, including a 3,000 word piece on the China/Rose Parade issue. A lot of great detail, color and evocative quotes there.
As for the news, I'd like to be the first to formally welcome the Weekly to two weeks ago!
I should have something in tomorrow's paper.
UPDATE: Best thing this week is Joe's pic of Elizabeth Kucinich, who was in town with her husband:
Kucinich was accompanied by his wife, Elizabeth, whose good looks and charm have caught the attention of pundits, and who, like her husband, described America as a nation in trouble. “We really need to look at things back home before we can speak [to the world] with legitimacy,” she said.
Only pundits notice women? Don't "good looks and charm" catch the attention of, well, other humans?
Flaming apocalypse, eternal twilight war, UUT, global meltdown, Chinese Rose Parade ... now "How to Make a
Gothic Fairy Costume" as prominently linked courtesy of my "iGoogle" news as today's "How To:"
4. Buy or put together your outfit. Use Walmart, Kmart, and thrift stores to your advantage, but don't forget about your own closet. In a pinch the basic black dress that accompanies most witch and vampire costumes will work as a base. ... 9. Wear bold jewelry that doesn't compete with your makeup. Chains and oversized rings are good. Anything occult-looking, like dragons or pentacles, is fun to add to a goth fairy costume. Don't forget hair ornaments, especially if you didn't put colored streaks in your hair.
Other Wiki-How-To's:
How to Be a Corpse Bride for Halloween: "Corpse brides are the perfect thing for Halloween!"
How to Be a Gothic Lolita: "Here's how to not only dress like but be Gothic Lolita"
How to be Goth: "Consider Europe. Goth is still taken seriously there."
Amen.
It's something of a point of pride that I rarely need to draft any "Corrections" or "Clarifications."
The only one I can recall this year was a story misstating the end of former D1 Joyce Streator's term, but that actually might have been in '06.
An off-site editor's attempt to clean up what an admittedly a poorly constructed second paragraph (we call it the "nut graf") changed the meaning to state the City Council went ahead with the emergency declaration. My original construction had something about "poised" to declare an emergency which got changed to "approved."
Fortunately the correx will read "Due to an editing error." You know it was the reporter's gaffe when it reads "Due to a reporting error."
Anyhoo, today's story is posted below with my own note inserted.
So the city hired a communications consultant to advise its strategy and message for the UUT emergency/special-election, and even posted a slick "Frequently Asked Questions" PDF on the city home page.
That material was created under the $45,000 "voter information" portion of the anticipated $432,000 special election cost -- to be paid for from the $7 million set aside for Utility User Tax contingencies.
Some time between Monday and today, the links to that content was removed from the "Hot Topics" on the city homepage -- here's the FAQ.
Mmmmm, just like my hickory-injected Gouda; I love that authentic, smoke-flavored air wafting across our side of the Valley. Smells like the end of the world.
Caught in a growing shadow? Is the sky falling?
It's not a meteor streaking toward Pasadena -- it's the potential loss of $10 million in revenue from a portion of the Utility User Tax that has members of the City Council set to declare an "emergency to the public welfare" as per my weekend story (posted after the jump below).
The telecommunications portion could go away if someone sues the city and if they prevail in court. Not exactly an Armageddon scenario, but no emergency declaration means a ballot measure to change the tax code to insulate it from litigation would have to wait until the next general election in March, 2009.
There's been a lot of misinformation flying over this, including an editorial in our sister newspaper, the L.A. Daily News, which repeated the false assertion that declaring an emergency lowers the threshold of votes needed to pass from 66 percent to 50 percent.
It's 50 percent (+ 1 vote) because the money collected goes into the General Fund -- if it went toward any specific program/department/etc Proposition 218 would require a two-thirds threshold.
So I knocked out a little "pre" (that's what we call a story before an event) for this weekend's Jan. 1-esque traffic expected from the Cal/UCLA game at the Rose Bowl.
Factoring in knowledge that quantum physician Stephen Hawking is more qualified to write about sports than myself, guess which paragraph is courtesy "Staff Writer Fred Robledo?"
Football fans facing traffic
By Kenneth Todd Ruiz, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 10/18/2007 08:58:39 PM PDT
PASADENA -- Growls coming from the Bruins-Bears mauling this weekend inside the Rose Bowl will be accompanied by snarls in the streets.
Tailgaters should plan to start early.
Stadium officials are urging fans to arrive as early as possible for the sold-out game between UCLA and UC Berkeley, as the city expects the event to affect traffic throughout Pasadena before and after the game.
"It's become the hot ticket," said Rose Bowl General Manager Darryl Dunn. "Whoever wins will be in strong contention to be in the Rose Bowl on January 1."
With many eager Cal fans on the move from Berkeley, the choke of traffic is expected to be at its worst in the morning before the 12:30p.m. game, and again in the late afternoon after its conclusion.
Stadium parking lots open at dawn; a free shuttle from Parsons at 100 W. Walnut St. begins service at 8:30 a.m. Parking at Parsons cost $9.
Saturday's sold-out game at the Rose Bowl still has national title implications for Cal (5-1, 2-1), who dropped to No. 12 in this week's BCS poll. And both UCLA (4-2, 3-0) and Cal are still in contention for the Pac-10 title and a Rose Bowl berth.
After coming close - but falling short- on several tries, Berkeley fans are ravenous for re-entering the Rose Bowl, which hasn't seen a Cal presence since 1959.
Bowl neighbors without a pass to navigate police barricades should seek one today from the stadium administrative office or fire stations at 1140 N. Fair Oaks Ave., or 1150 Linda Vista Ave.
Staff Writer Fred Robledo contributed to this story.
I ended up checking out Vicente Fox's appearance at Caltech, as per this story that didn't make it into the paper.
We were going to have a photo run, but despite Caltech assurances, Fox's PR people banned any photography inside Beckman Auditorium. Because ... there is so much commercial appeal to a picture of the ex-prez in front of a red curtain ...
Yelling things out in support of Fox was fine, but if you yelled out anything critical or insulting, a big goomba gave you the arm-walk out of the room. Best moment goes to Caltech Pres Jan-Lou Chameau, for pointing out that vocal criticism of public figures is de rigueur in his home nation.
Fox: Immigration debate flawed
By Kenneth Todd Ruiz, Staff Writer
Article Launched: 10/16/2007 10:00:59 PM PDT
PASADENA - Isolation, not immigration, poses the greatest threat to the United States, former Mexican President Vicente Fox said Monday night at Caltech.
Fox underscored ascendant aspects of Mexico's economy and criticized the construction of a border fence, the war in Iraq and what he characterized as "misinformation" in the debate about immigration.
"Immigration is not only an issue of legality and illegality, it's human histories and it's families divided," he said, while urging further unity in North America in the face of consolidating centers of economic and political power in Europe and Asia.
Although the audience inside Beckman Auditorium was mostly favorable to Fox, about one dozen protestors rallied outside and security removed one man from inside before the former president even took the stage.
"He's a thief. He has no shame. Don't listen to him!" the unidentified man shouted during opening comments by Caltech President Jean-Lou Chameau.
"This reminds me of France," Chameau said.
Seems Bill Paparian's prediction of Speaker Nancy Pelosi's intent to not let the Armenian Genocide bill reach a vote is coming true:
Bill to Condemn Genocide in Jeopardy By ANNE FLAHERTYWASHINGTON (AP) — A House vote to label the century-old deaths of Armenians as genocide was in jeopardy Tuesday after several Democrats withdrew their support and sounded alarms it could cripple U.S. relations with Turkey.
The loss of support is a major setback to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic leaders on Capitol Hill, who have fiercely defended the resolution to Republicans and the Bush administration as a moral imperative in condemning the World War I-era killings of up to 1.5 million Armenians by Ottoman Turks.
President Bush called Pelosi on Tuesday to ask her not to call for a House vote on the resolution.
"The president and the speaker exchanged candid views on the subject and the speaker explained the strong bipartisan support in the House for the resolution," Pelosi spokesman Nadeam Elshami said, noting that Bush initiated the phone call.
There is no copyright on information -- it just is. I do chuckle and sigh, however, every time I see someone copy-paste specific facts lifted directly from my stories.
I'm glad people read our web updates online, especially when they show up on other folks' web pages an hour later. But when they insist on pretending it was their work ... well ... maybe they could help subsidize my paycheck? Believe it or don't, I work pretty hard to cultivate relationships and sources to have an idea of what's going on and get it in the paper and/or on our web site.
Some of us don't wait for press releases to rewrite into a 'story' ... we go out and leverage the relationships we have, the knowledge of who knows what (and how), and experience to ask the right questions of the right people.
Most professional media organizations understand the nature of the work and the why it's important to give credit. From time to time, we'll reference something as "according to the Los Angeles Times" or "the Pasadena Weekly reported ... " And vice-versa.
Why? Because it's honest. It's not our job to deceive. Our business and profession is about straining for an honest representation of facts, not bending it for the sake of trying to look good.
Example: This report on the Rose Parade controversy from abc7.com, which was mostly based on my stories and gave credit when referencing my break of the Oct. 29 meeting:
The Pasadena Star-News reports today that the council will hold a special session Oct. 29 to air out the matter, and possibly take steps.
I don't expect that level of honesty from everyone, I'm just saying. For the record. <.<
Big names descend on Pasadena today.
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox gives a free lecture @Caltech's Beckman Auditorium at 8 p.m.; Governor Arnold is at the Western Justice Center at the moment.
"There are a lot children out there that are alive only because of chance," Weston DeWalt says of serial killer Mack Ray Edwards, whose career as a child murderer with many unknown victims Weston has been piecing together for nearly three years.
Mack was an opportunistic killer able to control his impulse until the circumstances were all aligned to his advantage -- Weston believes he probably had his eyes on children spared by a lack of opportunity or happenstance.
He had a penchant for both young boys and young girls, but media accounts I've read of his six confessed crimes in 1970 -- including one in the Tribune -- referred to "unsuccessful" attempts at molesting victims. Interpret as you will.
Here's Sunday's story Searching for Tommy
By Kenneth Todd Ruiz, Staff Writer
10/14/2007
Fifty years after Tommy Bowman vanished from an Upper Arroyo Seco trail, Pasadena police have relabeled the case a homicide. Cold-case detectives believe Tommy was the victim of Mack Ray Edwards, as suggested earlier this year by local author Weston DeWalt and a team of investigators from other law-enforcement agencies.
But now, as DeWalt seeks to fill the gaps in Edwards' criminal biography, Pasadena's prime suspect falls under suspicion of unsolved crimes from Santa Barbara to Tijuana, prompting police to consider the unsettling possibility he might have murdered the most children in state history.
"Everybody needs to know about Mack Ray, who may be one of the most prolific child killers in history," said Pasadena police Detective John Dewar. "DeWalt's done a magnificent job, and I have to give him credit for everything we've been able to do up to this point. I'd hire him any day as a detective here."
Although Pasadena's new cold-case unit shares DeWalt's belief about where Tommy's body could be buried, the 63-year-old investigative journalist has added six more children he suspects Edwards killed.
Continued after the jump.
Much as the trailhead for Weston DeWalt's full-time pursuit of Mack Ray Edwards began, Tommy Bowman was the entry point for my coverage in the Pasadena Star-News and other LANG papers.
Scans of the original mainbar from March 19 story with pictures, timeline, et al are PDF'd here and here.
After the jump: March's mainbar, "Cases closed?" sidebar "'Foolish promise' sparks search for truth," and the two folos from the ensuing week, "Caltrans may aid search" and "After 50 years, father mourns."
Okay, it wasn't all work. I did drink deeply from the Weekly's bounty (read: open bar) last night.
Before it can be used against me ... yes ... that is in fact a pic of your humble host trying to get a taste of Big Carl, PW reporter.
Note to Proctor, this image will self-destruct with disastrous results if saved to your hard drive!!1 ;)
Who said I wasn't working last night?
Special meeting set for float controversy
Kenneth Todd Ruiz
Staff Writer
PASADENA — A special meeting of the City Council devoted solely to the topic of a controversial entry in next year’s Rose Parade will be held Oct. 29, according to City Manager Cynthia Kurtz.
So, I painted my ant-stripe and snuck into the PW party as Aaron Proctor.
You go where the story takes you.
Or perhaps I was the guest of a certain adverserial reporter -- but either way, had a great time at the Weekly's Best Of party. Cynthia Kurtz was there with all of her infectious, nervous energy, as were City Council members Madison, Gordo, Robinson and Bogaard; and enjoyed harassing Victor CalPhil Venner, Weeky Editor Kevin Urich, and writers Joe P and Carl K.
(Yes I typed "infections" last night after violating blog rule No. 1: don't BUI -- Blog Under the Influence)
Apparently Jim Laris was spotted -- but I didn't find him.
Although I may reference certain blog memes and narratives out there, I can't perpetuate them. Like Aaron Proctor v. Steve Madison. I mean, all things aside, Aaron's been pretty unrelenting with his cruel and unusual blog torture of Steve, yet at the same time, not wholly out of bounds.
I have to give this week's Brass Pair award to Steve for not shying away from Aaron at the party. He walked straight into a diplomatic exchange with Kelli Proctor and Aaron of his own accord. Reports indicate he even apologized if Kelli was offended by an exchange earlier this year.
So, all in all, Big Grats PW, your weekly section is so great ... FOR ME TO POOP ON!
Just grabbed a copy of pasadena weekly. Tough time to be a weekly reporter, what with the breaking, advertiser-pleasing exclusives on where to buy a pizza, get your nails done or hire an Asian hooker.
My favorite:
BEST PUBLIC EMPLOYEE
City Manager Cynthia Kurtz If you want to know who really makes the city work, talk to Cynthia Kurtz. For the past nine years, she’s been in charge of making sure all city operations run smoothly and for setting the groundwork for Pasadena to remain a world-class city for decades to come. Kurtz started working for the city in 1987, and in 1991 became director of Public Works, dealing with everything from potholes to traffic signals and the multimillion-dollar refurbishments to the Colorado Street Bridge. Her work as the city’s top employee has included the restoration of Pasadena City Hall.
Psst ... guys ... check this out.
I've heard they throw a kickin' party tho! <.<
Hitting the archive for information on the history of the YWCA's Week Without Violence, I came across the Your View entry from Sept. 28, 2001. Letters posted for posterity after the jump.
Too busy working on something juicy for the newspaper for blogging, here's a press release to reward your patronage:
Esotouric's Pasadena Confidential Crime Bus Tour Explores the Crown City's
Dark Side
WHAT: Esotouric Bus Adventures presents the Pasadena Confidential Crime Bus
Tour
WHEN: Saturday November 17, 1-5pm
COST: $55, which includes snacks and beverages (or get a four-tour season
pass for $190)
WHERE: Departs from Fair Oaks and Arlington Street, South Pasadena.
LOS ANGELES- On November 17, Esotouric, the eclectic bus adventure company
whose offbeat tours expose L.A.'s secret history, offers its infreqent and
popular Pasadena Confidential tour, a true crime bus adventure delving deep
into the weird and horrible past of one of L.A.'s most exclusive suburbs.
Making a special appearance on this tour: Crimebo the Crime Clown!
Continued after the jump ...
Armenian genocide resolution clears committee
Kenneth Todd Ruiz
Article Launched: 10/10/2007 03:50:57 PM PDT
WASHINGTON -- A resolution to compel the U.S. government to formally classify the 1915 massacre of Armenians as a genocide cleared a House committee by 27-21 vote.
Amid strong opposition from the White House and Turkish government, the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee approved the resolution which clears the way for it to go to a full vote in the House.
"The United States has a compelling historical and moral reason to recognize the Armenian Genocide, which cost a million and a half people their lives," said the bill's author, Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena. "But we also have a powerful contemporary reason as well -- how can we take effective action against the genocide in Darfur if we lack the will to condemn genocide whenever and wherever it occurs?"
More after the jump ...
Pasadena's Arts community doesn't get a great deal of coverage in the newspaper, something for which its Brahmins should be glad. What experiences I've had with ArtWorldCorp and glimpses 'behind the canvas' is a politically charged world of petty, casual treachery.
THAT SAID ... Art Night Weekend Month is here. More compelling is the SKIN / Art & Ideas Festival.
Arts Councilor Terry LeMoncheck sends some info my way on a series of related "public conversations" about race, synthetic beauty and the mutating cityscape.
Dates and details after the jump.
Public Editor Larry Wilson has a photo on his office wall of a bunch of Tournament judges -- all men -- leering at a winsome, faceless figure approaching them for judgment. Apparently the image caused quite a stink back when it was published in the paper and since then you won't see a panel without two or more women on it.
Of course as a reporter, having to "report" on a commercial parade that happens on the same day -- in the same way -- every year isn't news and we all chafe at the idea.
But feigning interest: I'm surprised by this year's surviving seven. I'm going to go by height and augur that No. 5 from the left, Zena Brown, will turn her tiara into a crown.
One more entry for today on the matter, looks like staff photographer Raul Roa did get some pics of the protest, including this one.
UPDATED: And video too! (hmmm this is just the princess 'reaction shot' video, taken from the inside by web maven Esther Chou. Esther knows to be nice to me or I'll post links to all of her random blogs online! >:D
We've got a poll up on the Pasadena Star-News home page today re: the Rose Parade float, but here's some 'online extras' re: yesterday's story (which is pasted in full below)
The U.S. State Department's 2006 human rights report on China.
Our only Mandarin-literate reporter left a couple weeks ago but Wendy Leung at the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin did help out with the salient passages. If someone were to translate the following articles -- accurately -- I'd post them:
From an August 10 entry on the Chinese Consul General's web site:
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| Mayor Bill Bogaard at a Chinese event at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium(?) discussing Pasadena's role in promoting the Beijing Olympics. (It's not difficult to find a picture of Bogaard with pretty much anyone, given how he's kept a busy mayoral schedule, but it's bragging rights for the Consul General) |
Also from a June article there which has something to do with meetings with the mayor re: the Beijing float entry:
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| Mayor Bill Bogaard meets with Chinese Consul General Zhang Yun, Parsons Engineer Michael Cheng and Alan Lamson, chair of the sister-city committee. |
I can see next year's spoof in the Pasadena Follies: The Manchurian Mayor.
"52 of them! Take a good look at 'em, Bill, look at 'em, and while you're looking, listen. This is me, Marco, talking. 52 red queens and me are telling you... you know what we're telling you? It's over! The links, the beautifully conditioned links are smashed. They're smashed as of now because we say so, because we say they are to be smashed. We're busting up the joint, we're tearing out all the wires. We're busting it up so good all the queen's horses and all the queen's men will never put old Bill back together again. You don't work any more! That's an order. Anybody invites you to a game of solitaire, you tell 'em sorry, buster, the ball game is over."
At this moment, Larry Mantle is doing the Rose Parade controversy story on Airtalk. Bogaard is up next!
UPDATE: I don't think Larry Mantle read the Monday story about the mayor's role in bringing the float to the parade.
Apparently Shizhong Chen did of the Conscience Foundation did (I think that was him speaking) because when Larry gave him 10 seconds to wrap up at the end as the music kicked in.
These issues are not as Mayor Bogaard said [its not a city issue.] It was actually initiated by himself ... he himself sent twice a letter to Beijing requesting the float ... I was hoping he would come clean.
I've put some quotes from the show if you read the full entry. In short: Mayor Bogaard concedes human rights have "importance" but he doesn't think council action is "a course of conduct for us to pursue."
Post-broadcast Airtalk is archived (somewhat) at KPCC's web site.
The Proctor has a blow-by-blow account of most everything from last night's council meeting, except he missed Manny Shakefell's entrance.
Since moving in mid-August into my new place one block from the Dee-Oh, I'd been meaning to make fun of the PUSD's 6-month-old "Welcome Superintendent Edwin Diaz!" banner. But they've taken it down.
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| Ann Lau is escorted away by Lieutenant Aversano of the Pasadena Police Dept. on Monday.(AP Photo/Ric Francis) |
Two women stood behind a surgical table with a bloody cadaver under a blood-stained sheet and pantomimed harvesting organs from the body and placing them into little six-pack ice coolers.
Awesome.
It's time for our favorite annual, inherantly sexist Star-News tradition (for the record, majority of our staff and contest participants are women) of Pick the Rose Court.
Well I didn't finish this entry on Friday, so make your pick based on our picture here and see how you did compared to the results.
I only got one right. So did Larry, Cortney and Elise. Janette and Emanuel got two. But it's Staff Writer Molly R. Okeon taking home the $14 pot with four winning selections.
I'll be the first to admit -- as will a litany of ex-girlfriends -- that I tend to get preoccupied with my own, self-absorbed world.
So I hadn't actually read reporter Cortney Fielding's new education blog Hallway Monitor.
How boring would that be? I thought (questioned?)
But I highly recommend doing so because Cortney's deadpan ironics are as hell of funny on the Interwebs as they are in the newsroom.
Wow there were some hot hot ads on the blog today that seem to have gotten the attention of management and been pulled.
I was going to say they were hotter than those at PasdenaWeekly.com, but after checking -- they were the same!
OK my excitement over the sexy sexy ads was perhaps ... premature. Turned out I had a trojan running that was swapping out ads on all sorts