Monthly Archives: January 2010

January 25, 2010 – Daily Brief

Posted on January 25, 2010 by Jeff

Roger Gitlin puts out a call to anti illegal immigration activists to show up in support of Bob Kellar at tomorrow’s City Council meeting. The email  includes exhortations to attack other Councilmembers for not supporting Kellar FORUM CBS 2 briefly covers … Continue reading →

Posted in Daily Brief | 17 Comments

A Sweet Addition

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Venturan

A child of the 80′s, I remember when frozen yogurt hit paydirt.  Soon, the local haunts were replaced with forgettables like Penguins, Frogen Yozurt, and Hogi Yogi.  It went on something of a hiatus (right around the time of the … Continue reading →

Posted in SCV Good Eats | 4 Comments

Did Bob Kellar Just Provide the Seam for David Gauny and TimBen Boydston?

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Timothy Myers SR.

As a follow up to this morning’s column on the numbers needed for a challenger to unseat an incumbent, and after my intestine untwisted from the continued coverage of Bob Kellar’s comments, I was left to wonder if Bob Kellar … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc. | 43 Comments

USS Los Angeles, the oldest sub in the fleet, is retired

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Jeff

Yesterday in San Pedro, the USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) was retired after 33 years of service. The Los Angeles was the first of her kind of a new generation of nuclear attack submarines; indeed, she was the first submarine of … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc. | 5 Comments

Final word on Kellar, I hope

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Jeff

The Signal has a sweeping, 1300+ word piece on Racistgate in which they talk to everyone from Bob Kellar to Frank Ferry to local liberals to a CSUN professor. Amazingly, Roger Gitlin, the guy who helped organize the rally at … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | 49 Comments

Kellar Doubles Down on “Proud Racist” Comment

Posted on January 23, 2010 by Jeff

Bob Kellar tells the Daily News in a Saturday story that he stands by his “I’m a proud racist” comment and he doesn’t really understand what all the fuss is about. Afterall, his “Proud Racist” comment  “doesn’t mean I’m going … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion | 87 Comments

Signal to cover Kellar remarks at anti immigrant rally again

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Jeff

They just teased it in their new Qwik-E email blast for Sunday publication: Kellar’s anti-illegal immigration remarks stir controversy Santa Clarita City Councilman Bob Kellar’s comments last week at an anti-illegal immigration and anti-amnesty rally in front of the Santa … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Politics | 14 Comments

Sneak Preview of City of Santa Clarita iPhone App

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Jeff

I dodged Non-Disclosure Agreements and CES security guards to bring you this behind-the scenes image of the City of Santa Clarita prototype iPhone App: As you can see, the hot new app will address multiple SCV concerns all in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Humor, SCV.Tech | 6 Comments

Speaking of Campaign Finance

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Jeff

Check out the differences in Congressman McKeon’s campaign contributions from 2007-2008 and 2009-2010 when he became Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee: As you can see Defense/Aerospace was but one of a number of contributors. Back then, he … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Politics | 5 Comments

Does city staff have too much influence over the City Council?

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Jeff

That seems to be one of the themes of TimBen Boydston’s candidacy, and, to some extent, David Gauny’s. But is it true? Here’s what one TBB fan posted in the discussion forum: The current City Council lets the city manager … Continue reading →

Posted in Opinion, Politics | 34 Comments