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November 3, 2009 – Daily Brief

  • Election Day! Sample ballots, polling place look-up here at LA VOTE.NET Remember to nag your relatives; chances are they are uninformed meaning you can fill out their ballot for them as you guilt-trip them into exercising their right to vote
  • She made it all up! A 22 year old woman, evidently homesick for her boyfriend in Taiwan, lied to police about being assaulted in a school parking lot on October 21. Her story fell apart quickly and Detectives found her clothes in a dumpster near where she works. She’s being charged with a misdemeanor and could face one year in jail SIGNAL
  • COC slashes winter classes due to budget cuts. Online classes especially hard hit SIGNAL
  • City to begin looking at broad-ranging historic preservation ordinance. Most properties that might be considered historic are in Newhall, says Laurene Weste, which serves as the SCV’s “cultural bedrock” (yay!) Also, a good quote from Pat Saletore on yuppies SIGNAL
  • Buck McKeon-backed provision in Defense bill will look at Iran’s military capacity. “Iran’s actions pose a threat to peace and stability in their region, and these have repercussions for global security,” McKeon told BLOOMBERG The study might be intended to increase pressure on President Obama
  • Tim Patterson, a TV commercial director from Santa Clarita, suddenly found himself in possession of film worth potentially millions of dollars. What was it? The last footage of Michael Jackson. Patterson eventually got to edit and direct (somewhat) the film “This is It”, which has grossed over $100 million. Remarkable story at LA TIMES
  • In survey of Los Angeles County businesses, 33% say they will continue layoffs well into 2010 “”The economists in the (capital) Beltway say the recession is over, but the pain is just beginning,” says the survey’s director DAILY BREEZE
  • Man’s death certificate from England gets torn apart by a US Postal Service machine, USPS says it won’t pay to replace it, then it relents. The man’s family wanted to send his ashes home to England SIGNAL
  • Still no luck in finding 18 year old Valencia High Student says KHTS
  • Road closures ahead this weekend during Santa Clarita Marathon SIGNAL
  • A-hole Dr. who slammed on his brakes to cause two cyclists to crash in Brentwood is guilty on all counts, faces up to 10 years in prison LA TIMES
  • West Ranch Beacon voter guide says you should vote for Brian Koegle, not Michael Berger, for COC Board WRB
  • Huffington Post is opening an LA site in December and is hiring LA OBSERVED
  • Smyth may be nice to animals, but what about poor children and people letter writer asks LTE
  • Forgot Tim Myers’ great look into the candidacy of TimBen Boydston in Sunday’s Signal. Can Boydston or Gauny unseat a sitting Councilmember? SIGNAL
 

Comments (9)

  1. TimBen BoydstonNovember 3, 2009 at 8:23 am
    Yes I can…but we will need your help…7,000 of you. TimBen.com
  2. mikeNovember 3, 2009 at 8:37 am
    Dave Bossert certainly doesn’t have a clue about COC. Is Koegle even running? I’ve never seen a “serious” candidate put forth such little effort. It’s like he expected the SCV establishment to do all the heavy lifting, but when they went the other way, he just sat on his hands. Most indications were that he viewed this seat as a stepping stone, but his conduct (I’m sorry, non-conduct) during the campaign confirmed it.
  3. vee towne original gangsterNovember 3, 2009 at 9:17 am
    Tim Ben, the site assaults the senses. Looks like the internet was just invented.
  4. JeffNovember 3, 2009 at 9:18 am
    Just finished voting. Very light turnout as expected. The kind ladies at the polling station were a bit flustered and we’re quite as well-oiled as they were last year.
  5. mikeNovember 3, 2009 at 9:42 am
    I think I was the first person there this morning. Should be interesting to track turnout to the number of ballot questions. In Saugus, we have no annexation questions, no elementary school board races and no water board races. Just COC and Hart.
  6. Timothy MyersNovember 3, 2009 at 12:17 pm
    On phony police report, the Dad probably sent the young woman over here to get her away from the boyfriend! I have the perfect way to get rid of a noxious boyfriend (tried and true). Be kind and gracious to them! Nothing results in disapproval faster than a parent’s seeming approval!
  7. lvogelNovember 3, 2009 at 1:04 pm
    Can’t that backfire though Timothy Myers if you ‘truly’ like the boyfried/girlfriend. Also, I have known many parents that thought the boyfriend/girlfriend was just the BEST thing since apple pie, just to find out that he/she is a complete looser and that’s after the marriage and children come along. I say be up front. If there is something about the new person in your child’s life, SPEAK NOW or forever hold your peace.
  8. AnnetteNovember 3, 2009 at 1:41 pm
    Yes, TimBen can win! The current council has been seated way to long, and they have lost the direction to represent the people.
  9. Timothy MyersNovember 3, 2009 at 2:12 pm
    lvogel: If it works once, then I extrapolate it out for everyone!

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