None of the voluminous plenitude of furnishings will end up in a landfill, man-of-all-works-public Martin Pastucha just called to say. It will all be "salvaged or recycled." He's been getting calls all day. So have I.

Apparently "government waste" stories rank on the outrage-o-meter somewhere above neglected children and below abused animals.

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* If you didn't get your paper this morning ... we're sorry? Apparently our transition to a new manufacturing plant hit a "snag." This is one of two calls I'm getting this morning. The other is blaming me for throwing out furniture.

* The anonymous tip that led me to check out yesterday's dumping behind Armory NW has apparently led to Public Works Boss Martin Pastucha being cast as villain. Folks, he just returned the call. I've got to admit however there was a lot of very usable stuff, and somehow I'm not surprised the school district wasn't interested in much of it. My lede wasn't "Out with the old, in with the new" ... I don't take the cliche route unless it's at least a mashup. I think it was something like "In with the new City Hall meant out with the old blah blah ..." but perhaps it lacked clarity.

* A victory for decent-thinking, like-minded people everywhere, breasts and booze will no longer be visible or consumable -- not necessarily in that order -- at Pleasures Gentlemen's Club:

Pleasures to stop serving, stripping

By Kenneth Todd Ruiz
Staff Writer
PASADENA -- Pleasures Gentleman’s Club has agreed to stop serving and stripping in January, City Hall announced this morning.
Four years of legal wrangling that began after the club held a series of so-called “lust parties,” City Attorney Michele Bagneris said its owners Wednesday in court to stop selling alcohol and topless dancing on January 25.

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