The golf course driving range extension debacle exemplifies the way our city conducts business, and why residents of this city are so frustrated with governance. As a reminder, Donovan Brothers, the new manager of the golf course, refused to sign the long term lease agreement with the city unless it included a clause allowing them […]

Hate to double post, but I wanted to make sure that everyone knows that the South Pasadena city council will be discussing the driving range extension in closed session tonight. Although I do not know how much longer this will go on, it is important that we continue to let the city know how we […]

Hope to see you at tonight’s city council meeting (starts at 7:30 PM) where the extension of the driving range is on the agenda as action item #19. For background information check out page 243 in the attached pdf (thanks to Drew Ready for bringing to our attention): http://www.ci.south-pasadena.ca.us/government/PDFs/packet/Agenda_Packet.pdf Several other blogs have taken up […]

Follow up on the driving range extension into land adjacent to the South Pasadena Nature Park. The driving range extension is item #19 on the City Council agenda for Wednesday, April 6, 2011. City Council/CRA0410611 1Page 3Action Items & Items Pulled from Consent Calendar 19. Discussion and direction regarding the extension of the Driving Range […]

I so wanted to write about the big battle in my garden: Slugs and Earwigs vs Seedlings, but the Nature Park, oh the Nature Park, is so much more important! So let’s start with a sunny, happy flower from the park. This bush sunflower (Encelia californica) was planted last year by volunteers from Occidental College, […]

Last week I learned that the South Pasadena City Council is considering extending the golf course driving range into the piece of land adjacent to the Nature Park (Item 6 on the Closed Session Agenda). It had been hoped that the land would become part of the park providing a buffer between the park and […]