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Local Activists Mobilizing on Pasadena Streets
COMPLIMENTARY COPY VOLUME 21, NO. 3
BY TERRY MILLER
M
otorists are used to seeing people with signs on the freeway offramps, perhaps almost numb to the staggering number of homeless people asking for ‘spare change,’ seemingly everywhere in Los Angeles County. However, on Tuesday morning, about 10 local activists dotted cities from Pasadena to Monrovia asking NOT for money but what you can do for your country. The activists are asking the public NOT watch the inauguration of the highly-controversial, President-elect Donald Trump, on Friday. Norma, who has been an activist since the 1960’s, sported ear-muffs on a chilly January morning, took up a position at Allen and the 210 Freeway holding a sign that read…” NO T.V. On Friday #No2Trump.” The Twitter hashtag has numerous references for those who oppose Trump’s new-found position as Chief Executive.
In fact, 52 Democratic legislators, thus far, have joined the growing list of representatives who will be boycotting Trump’s inauguration. According to the Washington Post, “A growing group of Democratic lawmakers will boycott President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration Friday to protest what they described as his alarming and divisive policies, foreign interference in his election and his criticism of civil rights icon John Lewis, a congressman from Georgia. The number of representatives boycotting the event rose sharply after Trump tweeted Saturday that Rep. Lewis (D) is “all talk, talk, talk” and should “finally focus on the burning and crime infested innercities.” Lewis, who sees Trump’s Nov. 8 win as illegitimate because of alleged, Russian interference in the election, is SEE PAGE 11
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Norma, who has been politically active since the 1960s, hopes to get her opinion across to as many motorists as possible between now and Friday. Other members of her group are stationed at strategic spots in Monrovia and Arcadia. - Photo by Terry Miller / Beacon Media News
Get to Know the 2017 PUSD School Board Candidates Part One
Part One
BY GUS HERRERA
BY GUS HERRERA
In preparation for the upcoming Pasadena City Council elections, to be held March 7, Pasadena Independent reached out to this year’s candidates and asked
them to complete a five-part questionnaire. Each candidate received the same five questions (visit PasadeSEE PAGE 10
In preparation for the upcoming 2017 PUSD School Board Elections, to be held March 7, Pasadena Independent reached out to this year’s candidates and asked them to complete a five-part
questionnaire. Each candidate received the same five questions. This is part one in an ongoing series. District 1 Candidate: Rita Miller Education: University of
Wisconsin – LaCrosse, Bachelor of Science in economics; Teaching Credential-District Intern Program LAUSD; Santa Clara University – School of Law, Juris Doctor. Please describe
your relationship/history with the City of Pasadena: After graduating from law school, I moved to Pasadena in 1988. I lived in PasaSEE PAGE 11