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VOLUME 20, NO. 25
MONROVIA COMMUNITY MEDIA OF THE FOOTHILLS TO CONTINUE MANAGING KGEM, FOR NOW by SUSAN MOTANDER motander@yahoo.com
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rather innocuous item on the consent calendar at Monrovia’s City Council meeting sparked comments from the community and a discussion among the council members themselves. This issue was the renewal of the contract with Community Media of the Foothills (CMF) to run the city’s community access television station, KGEM. Ultimately, the council voted to approve only a 90-day extension of the existing contract instead of the proposed 1-year renewal with an additional two 1-year extensions that would take the contract out to 2020. It was the issues raised and the discussion that made this topic of interest. As the notes for each council meeting state “Items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be acted upon by one motion.” However those same notes also indicate that any member of the council or “citizen” can request that any item be pulled from the Consent Calendar and discussed as any other agenda item. Such was the case with the issue of the renewal of the CMF contract. At least Joey Delgado of the local band, the Delgado Brothers, asked to speak about the issue, and so it was addressed in advance of all the other items on the Agenda. Delgado described his concerns about a personal matter over which he and the station executive director, Lance Mungia, had. He described how this issue led him to having doubts about the management of the
station in general. At several times during his remarks to the council, Delgado seemed to be almost choking he was so upset. Others rose to question the management as well including a woman who identified herself as a non-profit specialist. This woman, La Quetta Shamblee , questioned the non-profit status of CMF saying that it was her experience non-profits and with CMF that led her to question how financial matters were being handled by them. Mungia also rose to speak in defense of the manner CMF was being run. Among other statements Mungia said, “We have been incredibly giving.” Gayle Montgomery who regularly addresses the council on a number of issues, spoke to this saying that she considered Joey Delgado one of Monrovia’s three great “Treasurers.” As such, she said she was upset to see someone “That incredibly talented that upset, it pains me to see him so disturbed.” She suggested, that CMF might need additional education and assistance as to the requirements of non-profit status and its obligations. She said with all this in mind, the council should “take a little more time.” Angela Jackson, who identified herself as the individual who sent the council her own and another former employee’s letters of complaint last year, asked the council to consider the issues of mismanagement she alleged at that time. Ralph Walker, a regular host and interviewer at the cable station, and another of the “Treasurers” Montgomery named, said “The ball was dropped on following up on
I would rather start out each week’s column on a happy note, and digress later as needed. But when one of my Old Town merchant friends gets scammed, that’s the first thing on my mind. I just sent out a group email to my
council and raised some serious concerns and doubts about the management of the station in general. - Photo by Terry Miller/Beacon Media News
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NAKED DUI SUSPECT ARRESTED Man Found Guilty of AFTER HIGH SPEED PURSUIT FROM Domestic Violence Killing MONROVIA TO COVINA of Monrovian Ex-Girlfriend
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Joey Delgado of the local band, the Delgado Brothers was deeply emotional at
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business neighbors warning them of a new scam which has already caught at least one merchant. Here’s how it goes: a person purporting to represent Southern California Edison calls a small business, often on SEE PAGE 10
On June 17 at 8:07 p.m., an officer on patrol was flagged down by a witness and advised of a possible drunk driver. The officer saw the vehicle driving on the wrong side of the road and attempted to stop it. The driver failed to yield
and after several blocks of slow speed driving, began running red lights and picking up speed and the officer went in pursuit. The Foothill Air Support Team helicopter responded and began calling the SEE PAGE 11
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Attorney Fernanda Barreto said the jury deliberated for about eight hours before finding Jose Roberto Turner, 49, of Pasadena, guilty of one count of first-degree murder with an allegation SEE PAGE 11
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