Author Archives: Daniel Tedford

Weekend links and yodeling dummies

Did anyone watch the Miss America pageant this weekend? I would be ashamed to admit to it normally, but when someone’s talent is a yodeling ventriloquist act (you heard that right) or describes their biggest asset as being “racially ambiguous” … Continue reading

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Is having Mayor Ken Herman be the moderator for the Glendora council forum a conflict of interest?

Was just informed today by those running the Glendora candidates forum next week that incumbent Mayor Ken Herman – who announced he would not seek reelection this spring – will moderate the Glendora council forum. This raises a number of … Continue reading

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Glendora names Castro new chief

Rob Castro, the current captain for the Glendora Police Department, has been selected by City Manager Chris Jeffers to replace outgoing chief Charles Montoya. The decision is subject to council approval at the Jan. 25 meeting. Jeffers made the announcement … Continue reading

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New sushi restaurant in downtown Glendora

Replacing Pico de Gallo in downtown Glendora (which, I thought, served a pretty good taco) is a new sushi restaurant in the downtown Glendora village. Sushi and I just moved in and councilman Doug Tessitor gave it his seal of … Continue reading

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Man shot in head sneezes out bullet

Sometimes you are a newsman writing about murder, mayhem and corruption. Sometimes, people sneeze bullets out of their head. There is nothing to learn here.

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Collection of the best links regarding the Arizona shooting (UPDATED: Loughner’s mugshot is released)

I went to my favorite places to read news and opinion, various articles linked by others that I see on Twitter or Facebook, and searched for more on my own and compiled them here. If you want to learn more, … Continue reading

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A fresh batch of weekend links

I fear I am going to hog some of the links today, but my ego has actually grown very little. You may have seen Sunday’s package in the newspaper regarding city car allowances. Two web links for you on that … Continue reading

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Blog issues

Just an update for you hungry Leftovers fans. We have had issues with the blogs throughout our company for the past week. Things appear to be working again, but comments are down for now as a precautionary measure. I hope … Continue reading

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A new year means a new round of weekend recap

Another long weekend has passed us by and in its wake we are left with a new year, the knowledge that we are back to those grueling five day schedules, and that you probably spent most of the weekend hungover … Continue reading

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Canyon City Alliance changes website to include Vulcan Materials

It was brought to my attention (Thanks, commenter David) that after reporting on this blog the Canyon City Alliance did not list Vulcan Materials as part of its coalition on its website, it has now been changed. This also comes … Continue reading

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