Op-Ed | The South Pasadenan News
Op-Ed | Help Restore Our Earth with Your Electricity Choice this Earth Day
By Diana Mahmud, Mayor of South Pasadena and Chair of Clean Power Alliance’s Board of Directors
On April 22nd, the world will once again come together to commemorate Earth Day, with this year’s theme being...
Op-Ed | Thanks for a Job Well Done
By Matthew Sweeney, South Pasadena resident
Anteneh Tesfaye was rousted out of bed at 5:30 am this past Easter Sunday with the always dreaded emergency call. A busted 12-inch water main four feet under the...
Op-Ed | Learning to Care
By Bee Simpson
Deepest gratitude to Rick Thomas for A World Less Certain, the beautiful article on eating animals; and thanks to the South Pasadenan for publishing his work on 1/2/21.
We have been vegetarians since...
Op-Ed | Acceptance, Anticipation, and Hope
By San San Lee
Thanksgiving of 2020 has come and gone.
Black Friday and Cyber Monday also had their turns. It’s December. We are in the midst of yet another holiday season and spike in COVID-19.
Unlike...
Op-Ed | Coping with Uncertainty, an Unintended Gift
By San San Lee
To weather the corona storm and sociopolitical ugliness in the US, we left LA for Barcelona at the end of August. We will be here until the spring of 2021, perhaps...
OP-ED | ‘Leadership and Transparency Go Hand-in-Hand, Where is the Leadership in South...
By Alan Ehrlich
2020 has been a strange year for a number of reasons, not just nationally, but also here in South Pasadena. It is easy to call yourself a leader when the plane...
OP-ED | ‘Why This Single Mom POC Housing Advocate Supports the Fighter, the Hero,...
By Anne Bagasao
Last week, more than 150 yard signs for District 3 candidates Alan Ehrlich and Michelle Hammond went missing. For someone to round up these signs took a lot of work.
Alan and Michelle...
OP-ED | ‘We’ve Decided to Meet Bigotry with Bigotry’
By Chris Bray
South Pasadena is a model community: diverse, tolerant, open. But none of that is a given. We have to fight for it, and we have to say what we mean and what...
OP-ED: Care First South Pasadena | Community Coalition Calls for Fully Investigating any Improper...
By Care First South Pasadena
Amid growing national concern about connections between local police departments and religious and right wing extremist groups, the Care First South Pasadena coalition is insisting that the South Pasadena City...
Op-Ed | Councilmember Mahmud ‘s Perceived Apprehension Over Rossi’s Appointment
By Ron Rosen
On August 19, the City Council met to decide if and how they would fill the empty District 2 seat.
It was the consensus of three Councilmembers that this should be done as...