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Volume 22, NO. 12
ARCADIA ELECTION MAILER POKES FUN AT OPPOSITION AS ELECTION TACTICS RUN THE GAMUT At the eleventh hour, humor has thrown some residents a curve ball Terry MILLER
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This creative little mailer, which targets District 5 voters, pokes serious jabs at Roger Chandler’s position on housing rights – Graphic Courtesy Deborah Priester
Arcadia Residents Concerned About Election Misinformation And Historic Preservation Galen PATTERSON galen.patterson303@gmail.com
Arcadia City Council convened on the evening of March 20 for a night of recognition and legislation. The open session began with the customary blessing
and Pledge of Allegiance, provided by Reverend Terry Keenan from the Santa Anita Church and Steve Sweeney U.S. Army, Retired. Sweeney was selected for the pledge because of Arcadia’s SEE MISINFORMATION PAGE 6
Arcadia Resident Files FPPC Complaint Against PAC Terry MILLER tmiller@beaconmedianews.com
A 35-year Arcadia resident, Roger Nemrava, recently filed an FPPC complaint regarding the Arcadian's Rights Protection Association (ARPA): FPPC complaint COM-0305201800262: Arcadian's Rights
Protection Association. ARPA, which is not based in Arcadia but Alhambra, has sent out mailers supporting Bob Harbicht and Roger Chandler, candidates for Arcadia City Council, allegedly without the required disclaimers. SEE COMPLAINT PAGE 6
pril’s municipal election in Arcadia has turned ugly and humorous at the same time. This is nothing new in politics. While candidates exchange jabs at one another and residents decry the advent of Districting which leaves over 11,000 residents without a voice, campaign mailers and complaints are flying in to the Fair Political Practices Commission. Epoch Times, a Chinese newspaper, is the latest to splash another, potentially illegal political photo, where an Arcadia police officer’s badge is clearly shown in a direct endorsement for candidates Harbicht and Chandler. Arcadia City Hall was not amused. More recently, Deborah Priester, a resident of District 5, has had enough of the
attacks and put out a mailers that encourages voters to select ANYONE but Roger Chandler. The mailer depicts Roger Chandler as the Monopoly man. You might remember two weeks ago, ‘Arcadia’ Best’ – a conservative blog run by Mayor Pro Tem. Sho Tay – ran the same photo of the APOA endorsing the two pro development or ‘property rights’ candidates for Arcadia’s election next month. They, too, got their wrists slapped by election officials who take these matters very seriously. Here’s how our friends over at Sierra Madre Tattler described the latest attempt to coerce the few voters that can actually vote in this year’s election: “It seems that the ARPAs are now back for Round 2, but they're trying a completely different tact as their 2016 graphic masterpieces didn’t SEE POKES FUN PAGE 9
MARCH 26 IS THE LAST DAY TO REGISTER TO VOTE FOR ARCADIA ELECTION On March 12, ballots for Districts 2 and 5 were mailed. Ballots may be returned by mail (no postage required), or in person at the City Clerk’s Office, 240 W. Huntington Drive, Monday through Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on alternate Fridays, and on Election Day, Tuesday,
April 10, 2018, 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Please note March 26 is the last day to register to vote for the Arcadia All-Mail Ballot General Municipal Election. Questions related to the Election contact the City Clerk’s office at (626) 574-5455 or e-mail at CityClerkGeneralMailbox@ArcadiaCA.gov.
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