Monthly Archives: December 2010

December 14, 2010 – Daily Brief

Posted on December 14, 2010 by Jeff

Marsha McLean to be sworn in as Mayor for 2011 at tonight’s City Council meeting. KHTS Judge’s decision on library lawsuits delayed until next week KHTS City conducting library tax measure phone survey SCVTALK Two people who allegedly enticed buyers … Continue reading →

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City Conducting library tax measure phone survey

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Jeff

We saw some reports here on SCVTalk of phone calls to SCV residents concerning a possible library tax measure last week. Eagle-eared SCVTalk reader LVogel posted this last Friday: Anyone else get a call yesterday (or recently) regarding a survey … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Economy, Opinion | 8 Comments

Thoughts after a visit to the library

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Jeff

On Saturday I visited the Valencia library to do some research on, ironically, the Civil Service system established in the wake of the 1882 Pendleton Act. I hadn’t been to the library since the City Council’s vote to evict COLA from the … Continue reading →

Posted in City Hall, Opinion | 25 Comments

December 13, 2010 – Daily Brief

Posted on December 13, 2010 by Jeff

By the time you read this, a decision may or may not have been made in Save our Libraries lawsuit against the City of Santa Clarita. The Superior Court in Chatsworth is scheduled to determine whether SOL can sue the … Continue reading →

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KHTS (and Toyota) Engage in Bait and Switch!

Posted on December 11, 2010 by Timothy Myers SR.

My Nebraska bride wakes to the adult contemporary/easy listening sounds of KHTS (your hometown station) and this morning the on air announcer made an announcement every few minutes about a “carnival” occurring at the Valencia Edwards Theatre to honor the … Continue reading →

Posted in Misc. | 9 Comments

Newhall Library Construction contract

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Jeff

At next week’s Council meeting, City Staff will recommend the Council award $10.4 million to Tobo Construction, Inc, for the construction of the Newhall Library. This award comes after a previous rounds of bids on the project which were rejected … Continue reading →

Posted in Shameless Newhall Boosterism | 32 Comments

Library Focus Group reviews

Posted on December 10, 2010 by Jeff

The City’s library committee/focus group met last night. No news stories as of this morning, but you can count on SCVTalk readers to post some reviews: Well, besides all of the preaching (by Dubberly and Pulskamp, mainly) and admonishings that … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Opinion | 65 Comments

Don’t Trust Traffic Engineers

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jeff

I know by now these cute videos must be getting tiring, but there’s something about them that’s really useful as an educational and discussion tool. So here goes my teachable moment. I like this video because it speaks to an … Continue reading →

Posted in Traffic, Transportation | 7 Comments

December 9, 2010 – Daily Brief

Posted on December 9, 2010 by Jeff

County planners say there’s not enough data on water supplies in places like west Castaic and Agua Dulce and other parts of the SCV not served by Castaic Lake Water Agency. Money quote: “It may be somewhat surprising, but since … Continue reading →

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December 8, 2010 – Daily Brief

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Jeff

Follow up to last week’s City Council decision to pay $622,000 to complete the Canyon Country Library: A Los Angeles County press release says a decision by the Board of Supervisors “requires the City to pay the County $1.2 million … Continue reading →

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