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Crown City ‘Jewels’ ($6.5M) Pilfered; Pasadena Populous Perplexed “How Could This Have Happened…?” – Councilmember Terry Torneck BY NICK KIPLEY
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ollowing suggestions made in a 43-point audit report by KPMG, the Pasadena City Council this Monday elected to reconvene at a later date in order to form a committee on risk and corruption. Monday’s special meeting
was called for after Danny Wooten, management analyst of Pasadena’s Public Works Department, allegedly stole $6.5 million from a taxpayer fund and directed it to the Southern California Evangelist Jurisdiction Center and the New Covenant Christian
Pasadena Community Coalition Angered by TOR’s Silence BY TERRY MILLER On New Year’s Eve, 2014, on the steps of Tournament House, Martin Gordon read a statement at a press conference alleging that the Tournament of Roses has adopted a racist policy in its executive branch. Flanked by one of his sons and Gene
Washington, Mr. Gordon expressed dismay that the Tournament had not responded to an open letter he sent to numerous media outlets, TOR and NFL. The Tournament told this newspaper that they’d rePlease see page 7
City Manager Michael Beck is flanked by Siobhan Foster, Pasadena Public Works Department director and Mayor Bill Bogaard at Monday evening’s public meeting regarding the scandal that is financially larger than that of Bell. Some members of the community are calling for Michael Beck’s resignation. – Photos by Terry Miller
The Little City That Did – Sierra Madre’s Float Gets Trophy In a world dominated by social media, product placement and corporate sponsors it is always refreshing to see a rose float, self-built entirely with volunteer dollars and no outside interests. This year’s award was bitter-sweet for the Sierra Madre Rose Float Association as only last year Bob
Young, longtime President of SMRFA, passed away unexpectedly. "I Think I Can”, Sierra Madre Rose Float Association’s 2015 entry in the Tournament of Roses Parade, was the city’s 83rd entry, going back to 1917. And for the ninth time in Please see page 11
Fellowship Center in Pomona, claiming it was used to bury power lines in the city of Pasadena. After the wake of the scandal, Pasadena’s residents were outraged by the council’s lack of accountability. Brian Weiss voiced his opinion on this lack of ac-
countability at the podium microphone, “I’m a taxpayer in this system and I’m mad as hell. […] Sixpoint-four-million disappears and nobody seems to be responsible except for the people who are in Please see page 6
Golf Cart Thief Caught on 210 Fwy New Year’s Night Lands in the Hole BY TERRY MILLER A fearless New Year’s football fan was arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after he was spotted on the 210 Freeway in Pasadena in a stolen Rose Bowl golf cart, according to CHP reports. CHP’s Altadena unit
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received a call of a golf cart driving on the I-210 freeway eastbound from Lake Ave. Thursday. A CHP unit responded and a 911 call reported the golf cart exited the freeway at Please see page 9