The Adventures of Aaron Proctor

A bonus edition of Sid Tyler Facts this week!

• Sid Tyler isn’t afraid of the dark. The dark is afraid of Sid Tyler.
• The only hand that can beat a Royal Flush is Sid Tyler’s hand.
• A horse is hung like Sid Tyler.
• Sid Tyler is currently suing NBC’s “Law & Order” because those are the trademarked names of his left and right fists.
• Sid Tyler once got into a knife fight. The knife lost.
• When Sid Tyler does a push up, he isn’t lifting himself up: he’s pushing the Earth down.
• There is no such thing as Global Warming. Sid Tyler was cold, so he turned the sun up.
• The US is not a democracy.  It is a Sidtatorship.
• Sid Tyler can lead a horse to water AND make it drink.

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I received this e-mail today and I believe this may have been already addressed to Kelly of West Coast Grrlie Blather.  If anyone has any information, please help:

Warren Huel c/o Akiko Suki wrote:
Please help a possible realative reach out to the family of Ebony Huel.  My name
is Akiko and I am helping a friend determine if he is related to the 16 year old
girl who was fatally shot last August; Ebony Huel. He has posted a comment in
the blog but he is not “internet savvy.”  His name is Warren Huel and his emaill
address stihlhawk01wkh@sbcglobal.net. Can you/someone make contact with him? Or
who can he contact to determine if there is a relation.  Here is his message
from the blog:
Warren Huel Says:

http://grrl.wordpress.com/2007/08/20/ebony-huel-memorial/#comment-4983

October 29th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
I noticed the last name HUEL. The last name is not that common. I am trying to
determine if we may be related. If she had any relatives from southern
california, (Oxnard, Ventura, or Los Angeles ) or east Texas.

Thank you for your time and attention

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Now on YouTube
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Heard about this from Foothill Cities as well as the Channel 2 news site:

PASADENA, Calif. Police in Pasadena are warning the public about three burglars who use ruses to gain access to homes in the central and eastern parts of city, just north of the Foothill (210) Freeway.

The thieves — two men in their 30s and a woman in her 20s — sometimes claim to be making repairs at an adjacent home and need access to their victim’s yard to complete the work, according to Pasadena police Lt. Tom Pederson.

In other situations, the burglars claim they need access to a yard to recover a lost ball.

The “professional and convincing” suspects usually use a blue van, but in one case were seen driving an SUV.

Anyone observing suspicious behavior is asked to call police. The police dispatcher will need as many details as possible about the suspects, including physical descriptions and vehicle information.

I don’t know who the bigger idiots are - the people committing these crimes or the people letting them in their houses?

Maybe I’m just a paranoid east-coaster but I’d be a bit suspicious of three grown adults asking about a lost ball.

Man, this guy is getting around:

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Steve Madison’s “I’m On More Than Just Local TV Tonight” bow-tie last night totally violated my Human Rights.

Let’s boycott dorky looking bow-ties at Council meetings from now on.

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Sid Tyler’s on China like white on rice.

• The Great Wall of China was built to keep Sid Tyler from stealing Chinese kids’ lunch money.
• Confucius once said: “If I see Sid Tyler and survive in the morning, I am content even to die in that evening.”
• Sid Tyler’s favorite bedtime story is “The Art Of War“. His wife still reads it to him before bedtime.
• The Chinese character for Sid Tyler takes 27 and a half days to write.
• The year Sid was born is known on the Chinese calendar as the “Year Of The Fire Breathing American Dragon”
• China has is known as “The Sleeping Giant”. When Sid Tyler first heard this nickname, he laughed, saying “I never sleep.”

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With all of last night’s Float Drama tucked to bed, here’s some other resolutions the City Council has decided to go forthwith.

From the home office in Chris Holden’s Pants….

TOP TEN PENDING RESOLUTIONS FROM PASADENA CITY COUNCIL

10.  “The 2007 New York Mets Were A Big Disappointment”

9.  “Crying Kids At Meetings Will Be Strongarmed By The Sergeant Of Arms”
8.  “Margaret McAustin Officially Deemed A Historic Landmark”
7.  “Hitler, Bad.  Democracy, Good.”
6.  “Will Devote 30 Minutes Each Meeting To Crazy Poem Lady”
5.  “Honey Comb’s Big..Yeah Yeah Yeah.  It’s Not Small…No No No”
4.  “Mr. Roper Was A Better Landlord Than Mr. Furley.”
3.  “Jane Rodriguez Has A Slammin’ Body.”
2.  “The Godfather III Wasn’t Rather Good.”
1.  “Jackasses Need To Stop Stealing Proctor’s Top Ten Lists”

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Excellent article in this morning’s PSN:

We don’t believe the remedy should come from the local level,” he said.

That point was raised most directly by District 6 Councilman Steve Madison:

“I don’t believe I was elected by my constituents to express opinions on international matters.”

Just as the council didn’t issue a resolution condemning Al Qaida for Sept. 11, Madison said, weighing in on the issue would open the door for Pasadena to be asked to address any number of perceived unjustices. “We don’t have a sister city relationship with Al Qaida,” said Councilman Chris Holden in response. “We do have one with China.”

That was a pretty hilarious moment.  Holden bitch-slapped Madison but his motion still died.

Hey Ann Lau, I wouldn’t have held up a chicken drawing - that just made Victor Gordo hungry. I would have held up a drawing of a cat.

But that’s just me.

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Attented the Council meeting live until about 9:15 p.m. Sat with “Mr. Thursday Morning” Andre Coleman from the Weekly. Ran into a cavalcade of known Pasadenans. Todd Ruiz was there. Joe Brown from the NAACP was there and even spoke - and he’s such a cool speaker. Here’s my blow-by-blow (as Dormitas calls it) from my yellow pad o’ paper.

Steve Madison enjoys a soda.

• No City Manager decision in the closed session. Oh joy.
• I was interviewed by KTLA. No idea if it did or didn’t air.
• All present. Sid Tyler was out there first, carrying a machine gun.
• Madison leads the pledge, has a garish bow-tie on
• Sid Tyler has a ceremonial matter with the Russians. Makes me think of Milena Albert, whom I saw talking to Martin Truitt later on. Damn that lucky bastard.
• Public Comment starts and takes up the majority of the night.
• I fill out a Comment card.
• Report from the Human Relations Commission - basically, we shouldn’t oppose the float but we should make a resolution against Human Relations - and specifically target China on this.
• Talk already begins of making an Ad Hoc Committee. Yeah, I’m sure that’s gonna work. Madison even says later at the end of the night that he hates the idea.
• I saw Jim Lomako arrive. He spoke after I left.
• Young Jacque asks for a comment card from the Tournament of Roses - Bogaard informs us all they won’t be speaking tonight, they just wrote a letter.
• President of Sister Cities explains that Sister Cities don’t get involved in matters like this. Later on, El Pollo disagrees with good reason - saying Einsenhower created the Sister City program to open dialogues on a local level.
• Bob McCloskey, a 10-year Union organizer quotes Tip O’Neill and says the float should not happen. We’ve got a ton of anti-floaters and a few pro-floaters here tonight, including some yuppie kid from University of Redlands business school.
• Many Falun Gong people - along with John Li et al. - are there. There were some very horrible, scary, emotional stories told. Can’t make fun of that whatsoever. Various people cried when they told stories of their torture. City Council looked shocked and bored at the same time.
• Crazy Poem Lady had a crazy poem. I’ve got video of City Council’s reaction to it.
• Where’s my Chow Mein? I ordered it an hour ago. For some reason, I’m really hungry for Chinese food. No idea why.

Bogaard lookin’ at his sweet bitches.

• The fucking squeaky door in Council quarters is annoying.
• I get to talk to Margaret McAustin’s husband, John, on Martin Truitt’s cell phone. He was watching on TV.
• Madison steps out of the quarters for a little bit to adjust his bow tie.
• Some guy from the Tournament of Roses comes up whose name I didn’t catch but apparently he’s pretty well known. Said he’s not there as a represent of the TOR and then PROCEEDS TO DO A TOP TEN LIST. TOP TEN LISTS!? It wasn’t even that funny..well, it was the kind of funny that made Council giggle a few times - so - not funny.
• It was my turn to speak and I was going to mention the guy using a Top Ten List but a Falun Gong member who was imprisoned in China spoke before me and the mood got serious - I told Council that I know they won’t overturn the Float idea, that it’s embarassing to have the Float in the parade, and that I hope they make a resolution that actually makes sense and actually does something - not just a “look at me” Ad Hoc Committee.
• Got a pamphlet from a Falun Gong member which shows the atrocities done to Falun Gong members. Sickening shit.
• Went home to watch on TV.
• Sexy Haderlein wants a committee. I like how Gordo is taking a super stand.
• They’re talking about forming an Ad Hoc Committee now. Most people are not for it.
• Madison thinks committee is bullshit, Holden supports the Committee because Chris Holden supports it. Basically, a lot of talk and nothing will get done. Bogaard recuses himself from everything..even though legally he didn’t have to, it was a smart move..or a “look at me” move.
• Bogaard looks up “endorse” in the dictionary.
• Iron Maggie commends the Human Relations Commission for making a report.
• General Pasadena “We Only Care About International Politics When It’s Convenient For Us To” Consensus: “Human Rights Violations suck…and that’s how we feel. Moving on to finding a City Manager.” Tyler suggests he goes into China with his fists and a Chicken Pot Pie.
• Council wants to send letters to our Senators. Dianne Feinstein never writes back to people!
• Council endorses an old UN resolution, “in principle” to quote Bogaard on Human Rights and denounces Human Rights violations. Wants Human Relations Comm. to make a formal statement to China..well, sort of. Haderlein says renouncing human relations violations seems redundant. It’s not sexy enough.
• Holden gives a good speech about people needing to pay more attention to things and how not enough people do and that it’s right for people to come and speak out against this whole thing.
• So, really nothing got done.

Sid Tyler lookin’ to kick ass and take names. Or just sit quietly.
I’m sick of Ad Hoc Committees - especially ones that won’t make a huge difference.

Here’s what I mean. For example, I don’t like avocados. I don’t think they taste good. I can make statement after statement that I don’t like avocados until fuck all - it won’t matter, they’ll still make avocados.

I think Council is smart for letting the HRC work on this - still, I feel they should make a statement..and not just a broad one. Let the world know that even though we’re gonna have this Float (the Olympic Float, not the China Float as that TOR guy socked on the Star-News about) - we should still say “We don’t like what China’s doing” and not support anything else they try to pull in Pasadena until they fix their policies.

Sadly, this was the Human Relations Commission 15 minutes of fame - and even more sadly, a lot of people there who thought the float was going to get removed are seriously disappointed. They should pay attention to the “Pasadena Way” a lot more.

I said my piece. Now let’s try to move on and hope that Pasadena is starting to notice more people are paying attention and City Council can’t just “do what they want” anymore..or at least, without a good fight.

Thanks for embarassing us on the World stage, Pasadena. Here’s your Fantasy City Council scores:
Western Conference

Council Member / Total Points (Points Earned This Week)

1. District 3 - Chris Holden - 63 (10)
2. Mayor Bill Bogaard - 45 (0)
3. District 1 - Jacque Robinson - 37 (0)
4. District 6 - Steve Madison - 16 (0)
***

Eastern Conference

1. District 4 - Steve Haderlein - 70 (10)
1. District 5 - Victor Gordo - 70 (2)
3. District 7 - Sid Tyler - 55 (5)
4. District 2 - Margaret McAustin - 50 (10)

I (heart) Pasadena, just not their International policy and Steve Madison’s bow-tie.

UPDATE:  Top Ten guy was TOR volunteer, Fred Sodwidel.
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Here’s an excellent preview of tonight’s meeting from K-Todd in the P-Star:

Bogaard and others have said they’re open to discussing the matter and would consider some form of resolution, but have suggested it’s an international matter and not within the council’s purview.

*cough*bullshit*cough*.

I’ll say my piece tonight during Public Comment (I’ve just got to clean up the language).  This is a really important meeting - so if you can’t attend in person, you can watch it live on KPAS 55 or on the interwebs.

El Pollo Gordo makes a good point in the article above, stating that the eyes of the world will be on the Crown City tonight.

So which Councilmember is gonna embarrass us the most tonight?  Let’s start a pool.
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