Monthly Archives: May 2008

Corona was more than shirtless and sweaty

Posted on May 28, 2008 by mngiadmin

Instead of curling up with a good book last night, I spent the evening poring over 20 pages of a Baldwin Park police report detailing Sergio Corona’s arrest last week. Thanks to the city attorney, a large portion of the … Continue reading →

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Damage control?

Posted on May 28, 2008 by mngiadmin

I got an interesting call early this morning from Matthew Weintraub, the spokesman for El Monte. Apparently, the city employee I talked to for this blog post and some other officials were a little “distressed” about the content of the post. … Continue reading →

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Corona police report out…and it’s not pretty

Posted on May 27, 2008 by mngiadmin

This video came to mind as Tania Chatila was reviewing the police report that documented the arrest of Baldwin Park School Board Member Sergio Corona. In the report, Corona, who was arrested for vandalism and being under the influence of … Continue reading →

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Garage sales and illegal immigrants

Posted on May 27, 2008 by mngiadmin

It’s amazing how a story about Baldwin Park cracking down on garage sales suddenly becomes a topic about illegal immigration. Here’s one example of the comments found on the story: “Why not adress the illegal alien street vendors and gang … Continue reading →

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Corona v. everyone else

Posted on May 27, 2008 by mngiadmin

Tonight’s the night: the Baldwin Park Unified School District meeting starts at 6 p.m. and we’re almost sure their will be people there commenting on board member Sergio Corona’s arrest last week. Reporter Brian Day will be out there in … Continue reading →

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Just say no to pot

Posted on May 27, 2008 by mngiadmin

Irwindale is the next city in the SGV to add a ban on medicial marijuana locations. The City Council will vote on it at it’s meeting on Wednesday.

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Baldwin Park on shaky ground?

Posted on May 27, 2008 by mngiadmin

The downtown development proposal in Baldwin Park may be dragging — pending two legislative proposals to restrict eminent domain powers — but it sure ain’t sweating off any heat. People are still up in arms about the whole thing. If … Continue reading →

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The floating records request

Posted on May 27, 2008 by mngiadmin

Baldwin Park is getting real technical with my public records request to see the police report detailing school board member Sergio Corona’s arrest last week. I just got off the phone with the PD —- looks like the city attorney … Continue reading →

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She forgot….

Posted on May 27, 2008 by mngiadmin

This comment popped up on the blog on Monday about a missing May 20 City Council meeting out of El Monte: I have been trying to view the May 20,2008 council meeting that isshowm on the El Monte web page. … Continue reading →

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Leftovers column

Posted on May 25, 2008 by mngiadmin

Today, the Leftovers from City Hall column appeared in the paper. The only problem: you can’t tell it’s a column. In the future, it will have Tania Chatila and my pictures, which should make it clear that the column is … Continue reading →

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