Ari L. Noonan
Provocative Question About Ladera Heights
School Board member Stew Bubar posed a provocative
question at Tuesday night’s meeting that may lie at the heart of objections some families have to the proposed transfer of Ladera Heights students.
If the transfer eventually is approved, he wanted to know how many more students — beyond the three hundred and thirty-seven presently identified — will want to enroll on a Culver City campus?
One answer is relatively few, although an exact count is unknowable.
Further, it appears that the School District is capable of handily accommodating all transfers.
At Culver Crest, Vera Upstages All 3 Candidates
Even though it still is early in the Culver City election season, swarms of curious voters are pouring into large, well-lighted rooms these late-winter evenings to hear for themselves from unalike City Council candidates and to tune in on strenuous arguments over rewriting the City Charter.
Every time, their interest is being entertainingly rewarded — such as it was Wednesday night.
Before addressing the standing-room-only monthly meeting of the Culver Crest Neighborhood Assn., Mayor Albert Vera executed yet another U-turn.
Capitalizing on the prerogative reserved for revered politicians — a change of mind —Mr. Vera said that his ailing wife Ursula is on the mend, clearing the way for him to run for re-election after all on April 11.
Capitalizing on the prerogative reserved for revered politicians — a change of mind —Mr. Vera said that his ailing wife Ursula is on the mend, clearing the way for him to run for re-election after all on April 11.
Westside Calendar – 02/20/06
Monday, Feb. 20
7 p.m. — Redevelopment Agency meeting, Council Chambers, 9770 Culver Blvd.
Presidents Day. Government offices, banks and schools close. To list your event or show in thefrontpageonline.com, email your information to Ross Hawkins at rjhculvercity@aol.com. Include time, location, telephone number or email to obtain information and whether event is free or there is a charge.
Westside Calendar – 02/17/06
Friday, Feb. 17
7:30 p.m. — Trainwreck Theater Improv Show, presented by the Culver City High Academy of Visual and Performing Arts at the
Sony Pictures Theater (SPoT) behind the Robert Frost Auditorium,
4401 Elenda, Culver City. Fee. Information: Darryl Hovis,
Artistic Director, 310.642.4200, ext. 6009. Performance
also Saturday night, 7:30.
To list your event or show in thefrontpageonline.com, email your information to Ross Hawkins at rjhculvercity@aol.com. Include time, location, telephone number or email to obtain
information and whether event is free or there is a charge.
Westside Calendar – 2/16/06
Thursday, Feb. 16
5:30 p.m. — Greater West Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce Mixer, Luxe Hotel, 1461 Sunset Blvd., west of 405 Freeway. Fee. RSVP 310.481.0600.
7 p.m. — Culver City Homeowners Assn. meeting features a pro and con presentation on Measure V, the Charter Reform proposal. Vets Auditorium. Public invited. No charge.
8 p.m. — George Orwell’s “1984,” performed by the Culver City-based Actors Gang. Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd. Thursdays-Fridays-Saturdays at 8, Sundays at 2, through April 8. 310.838.4264.
To list your event or show in thefrontpageonline.com, email your information to Ross Hawkins at rjhculvercity@aol.com. Include time, location, telephone number or email to obtain
information and whether event is free or there is a charge.
Hot Portion of School Board Tape Missing
The latest stormy face-to-face collision between School Board President Saundra Davis and her frequent rivals on the Board flared into an ugly scene on Tuesday night over a recording of what was said about her at a meeting when she was not present.
Ms. Davis charged that a critical portion of the School District-controlled audio tape — where the validity of a recent honorary doctorate for her was heatedly debated — was missing, unaccountably.
“It was erased,” she flatly told thefrontpageonline.com.
Estimating that a fifteen-minute portion of the tape had vanished without explanation while the rest of the Jan. 24 meeting seemed to be intact, Ms. Davis was not shocked.
Fulwood Responds to Pay Hike Claim
One of the well-trod arguments made against the Charter Reform proposition, Measure V, on the April ballot is that if it passes, Jerry Fulwood will celebrate his new title of City Manager by asking for a raise since his duties would be greatly expanded.
Since the city is financially strapped, opponents of V charge, City Hall cannot afford to raise anyone’s pay, least of all that of its chief executive.
This debate became more acute last Friday when city employees found two extra sheets, a blue one and a white one, in their pay envelopes.
One sheet broke new ground, asserting that City Hall likely would be confronted by a million-dollar shortfall when the revenue counting is concluded sometime before the thirtieth of June, the end of the fiscal year.
One sheet broke new ground, asserting that City Hall likely would be confronted by a million-dollar shortfall when the revenue counting is concluded sometime before the thirtieth of June, the end of the fiscal year.
Crest Residents Upset Over Citys Response
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“When they called the Police Dept. and the Fire Dept., they felt they were getting the brush-off,” Mr. Kissel said, “when they were told the gas was not toxic and that it would go away.”
Leaders of the Culver Crest Neighborhood Assn. are counting on homeowners in Culver City’s most fashionable section to bring their complaints to the Association’s Wednesday night meeting at 6:30 at El Rincon School.
City Council Candidate Mehaul OLeary
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City Council Candidate Scott Malsin
 Sgt. Frank LaFlamme, right, new president of the Police Union, congratulates City Council candidate Scott Malsin for winning the endorsement of his members. |
