"You really missed a chance to unify this city."

General Secretary Michael Beck did his best Wednesday to defend the secret panel that help pick police chief finalists. But in the end, Pasadena politburo's secret committee took some heat in the northwest over the whole enchilada. Reporter Dan Abendschein was there:

PASADENA - Northwest Pasadena residents laid into City Manager Michael Beck at a Wednesday meeting on the city's police chief search, accusing him of not fairly representing their part of the city.

The main issue was a 16-member police chief search committee, which community members criticized for not having enough representatives from the black community, the Northwest, and not enough low-income members.

"You missed a chance to really unify the city," said Dr. Nicholas Benson, a member of the Fair Oaks Project Area Committee, which co-hosted the meeting. "This is another confirmation that there are truly two cities, Northwest Pasadena, and the other Pasadena."