Fresh off the wire this morning:

An Orange County judge is expected to consider today a motion by
octomom Nadya Suleman to dismiss an effort to appoint a guardian to oversee the financial
interests of her children.

Her attorney, Jeff Czech, is expected to argue that Paul Petersen, president of A Minor Consideration and a cast member of the old TV series “The Donna Reed Show,” lacks legal standing in the case.

Petersen, who is represented by Los Angeles civil rights attorney Gloria Allred, wants an independent person appointed guardian because he believes Suleman has a conflict of interest regarding her contract with Eyeworks UK Group Ltd. in connection with a reality show.

A Minor Consideration, which advocates for child actors, won the first round July 27 in Orange County Probate Court. At the time, Orange County Superior Court Judge Gerald Johnston appointed lawyer Norbert Bunt to serve as guardian over the octuplets’ financial affairs. But a state appellate court later stayed the decision, pending today’s hearing.

Peterson and Allred say Suleman has exploited her octuplets for financial gain. She has countered that the two are suing just to promote themselves.

In addition to the octuplets she delivered in January, Suleman has six other children, who were also the product of in-vitro fertilization treatment. The 34-year-old Suleman and her 14
children live in La Habra.

It looks like the nonprofit group that wants to establish a medical marijuana dispensary in Whittier and the city have reached a compromise on serving sizes.

The applicants, Seventh and Hope, have agreed to limit the amount of marijuana to a total of 3 ounces per week for a total of 12 ounces per month they will sell to patients, according to the written staff report from Jeff Collier, director of community development for Whittier. Individuals who need a higher dosage will be require to get specific written approval from a physician.

The issue is going to the Planning Commission at its 7 p.m. Monday meeting where it will consider a conditional use permit for the dispensary. Commissioners at the Aug. 3 meeting had asked for limitations on the amount of marijuana the dispensary can sell.

Joe Marsico has his trolley back. Apparently, the police released it Thursday afternoon from the custody of Bob and Dave’s Towing, which stores vehicles impounded by police, Marsico told the Whittier Daily News on Friday.

Officials from the Whittier Police Department couldn’t be reached Friday for comment. Police said last week that an officer saw Marsico’s son, Ralph, driving it and believe his license was suspended. Marsico has owned the 15-foot, rubber-tired trolley since 2006 when he purchased it from the city was towed April 7.

Joe Marsico said the police told him Thursday that his son’s license hadn’t been suspended after all and that his trolley was released without him having to pay a fee. “I’m grateful that they gave into what was right,” Marsico said. “It was wrong what they did.”

Marsico said he’s been staying the past week with his daughter, Violet, who lives in Whittier.
Marsico, who is homeless, lives in the trolley. He’s been a community activist for years, running for City Council in 15 of the last 16 elections. He is at nearly every council meeting, usually talking about his plan for a trolley system.

Tuesday’s Whittier City Council have a little bit of deja vu and answer some questions.

The deja vu will come about the Whittier Uptown Family Festival. City Manager Steve Helvey put an item for the council to receive a report about security concerns. Right now it doesn’t appear there were problems the last two weeks. In the report, Police Chief David Singer stated that officers patrolled the festival on foot and reported no incidents or arrests.

The question will come about the proposed new Japanese sushi restaurant, Bambooze, and its plans to have karaoke seven days a week and remain open until 2 a.m. Will a council member call the issue up for review and a public hearing?

Both these issues will come up early during the consent calendar — right after public comments.

The council also will have public hearings on ordinances regulating massage parlors and smoking lounges. We’ll try and have some news stories on some of these issues, depending on what happens.

Dwayne Milnes, a now retired city manager, has eight suggestions for city managers on how to handle the current financial crisis. Milnes, who was a city manager for 22 years and now works for Citygate Associates, a company that provides help in areas of city service, posted his comments on the new Web site, PublicCEO.com.

Three of his ideas were to don’t fill existing personnel vacancies, delay general fund capital projects and to review city fees

Here’s the link to the article: http://www.publicceo.com/

We have some more information on the history of post offices in Whittier. Jerry Allen, an 81-year resident of Whittier, called the newspaper Tuesday to inform us that the Bailey Station post office is the not first stand-alone post office.\

For many years, the post office in Whittier was in the back of a drug store, owned by a man named Davis, Allen said.But during the late 1920s, a post office was established on Bright Avenue, just south of Philadelphia, Allen said.

There’s renewed interest in this because the historic Bailey Station site is on a list for possible closure by the U.S. Postal Service.