2009 In Pictures

The Year in Images seen though the lens of our photographers:

A Surefire Way to Boost Farm Exports: Sell to Cuba

                                                                                                         Illustration by Thom Gastelum
U.S. farm income will drop 38 percent this year due to global economic woes and because “demand for exports has tailed off, with few options available to expand marketing elsewhere,” according to a Department of Agriculture report issued last month.
Actually, there’s a small but surefire option to boost American farm exports [...]

Op-Ed: SCAG Decision Should Not be Based on Scare Tactics and Misinformation

The only area city that is not a member of SCAG is Temple City.
So for a nominal membership dues fee, Sierra Madre can participate in planning its future, or it can choose to save that money, and have SCAG dictate to it what it has decided Sierra Madre is going to do (or not do). Seems kind of like a no-brainer, right? Why should we surrender our opportunity to provide input into the future of this region?

While My Guitar Gently Weeps: Pasadena Musician Told to Move On by Monrovia Police

On Thursday, the Monrovia Weekly and each of Beacon Media’s newspapers ran an article about a single father of a five-year-old trying to raise funds for his child’s future and complete his education.
The day after the article appeared in our newspapers and online, Jake Lenaburg was approached by two Monrovia Police Officers – who advised [...]

Op-Ed: A Crisis of Opportunity

Media pundits and experts announce daily that a global economic tsunami has arrived and that more flooding is around the corner. Short-term and long-term damages are repeatedly analyzed and calculated. The reality is that we are in danger of drowning in trillions of dollars of national debt as the average person watches the tide rise [...]