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Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Glendale in Middle Range of 2008
Cost of Doing Business Ranking

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Monday, March 30, 2009

Church Hosts La Crescenta E-Waste Collection Event

May 16, 2009
9:00 amto3:00 pm

Parking Lot
First Baptist Church of La Crescenta
441 La Crescenta Avenue

Free collection event for items like TVs, phones, tape players, photocopiers, battiers, monitors, printers, cords, and other computer hardware.

E-Waste Center, Inc. will recycle these items.

Call the church office, (818) 249-1603, for information.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Glendale Police Appreciation and Awards Luncheon

May 14, 2009
11:30 amto2:00 pm

Glendale Hilton Hotel
100 W. Glenoaks Blvd.
Glendale

Presented by the Glendale Police Foundation, a 501(c)(3) tax exempt Corporation,
Glendale Kiwanis Club, and the Glendale Bar Association

Business attire.
Individual Tickets: $70
Sponsorships: from $350 to $850
Official Press Release
Information: (818) 550-3323, email to maplumley@charter.net

Monday, March 30, 2009

March 22-28, 2009

District website is panned – Glendale News Press, Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Critics say facts published on site implicitly endorse incumbents in the upcoming school board election.

Video: Another cautionary Card Check tale – Hot Air Blog, Wednesday, March 25, 2009
A clear example of why employees need secret-ballot elections for unionization, and how Card Check can be used by union thugs to gain access to workplaces illegitimately. (This blog entry also links to several previous posts on the card check legislation.)

Follow Obama’s lead: Invest in Teachers – LA Times, Thursday, March 26, 2009
LAUSD should not be issuing pink slips, but looking for $1 billion in stimulus funding to save jobs and improve education.

Union declines pay raise – Glendale News Press, Friday, March 27, 2009
Glendale Firefighters Association votes to forgo two years of pay raises totaling up to $3 million to address city budget problems.

Union’s division hinders its progress – Glendale News Press, Friday, March 27, 2009
Columnist, educator, and union member Dan Kimber deplores heated union rhetoric and division in this school board election cycle.

Business Beats Card Check—For Now – Wall Street Journal, Friday, March 27, 2009
The more Americans know about the bill’s antidemocratic provisions, the more they hate it. Unions are facing united opposition to the bill in its current form.

French Executives Surrender Stock Options, Responding to Protests – Wall Street Journal, Friday, March 27, 2009
After GDR workers went on strike, top officers renounced their stock options and offered to share profits with all group employees. Public fury in France over business leaders’ pay packages has escalated as the economy sours and unemployment rises. (Full article only available to WSJ subscribers.)

Monday, March 30, 2009

Under the Paperweight, March 22-28, 2009

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Friday, March 27, 2009

AT&T’s New Fiber Optic Service: One-Time $145 Fee;
Only Available Bundled; Now TV Will Be Wireless Too!

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