Guess who wants MORE MONEY!? Mary Dee Romney warned me about this. Dormitas has already put in his beautiful two cents. Here’s the scoop from the PSN last week:

PASADENA - Voters in the Pasadena Unified School District slightly prefer a bond over a parcel tax to pay for campus improvements, according to recent surveys.

In two surveys conducted last month that sampled 500 voters, 61 percent said they would support a proposed $300 million bond measure.

By contrast, 60 percent of voters said they would go for a parcel tax.

PUSD school board members commissioned the survey as a way to gauge community support for either a bond measure or parcel tax on the November ballot.

A parcel tax would need a two-thirds majority to pass, while a bond measure would need 55 percent approval from voters.

Yep, PUSD wants more of our money in the form of another proposed tax that would head to the ballot in November - ya know, that big election where all kinds of idiots are going to come out of the woodwork to vote for Obama and just hit “Yes” on the parcel tax `cause it sounds good because they’re 18 years old and know nothing about politics. Why? Where would it be going, this time? Does someone in the PEF have a maid who needs a raise? Seriously? They just try to slip this shit in.

Much like others, I’d also like to know just who was surveyed? I’d also like to know who in their right mind would just throw their money away like this? Are these descendants of the people who funded the Titanic? You’re gonna get the same result.

I’m glad all of this has come up..because it’s time to reveal #5 on the list of The Ten People Ruining Pasadena.

Peter Dreier.

He’s without a doubt making a mockery of our political system here in Pasadena, under the guise of “trying to help public schools” - and not admitting that he and others who have made this list (like Virginia Hoge) are furthering their own Socialist agendas upon the Crown City.

To guys like Dreier, everything is simple. The schools are failing? Give them more money.

How are we going to get more money? Let’s slip a parcel tax or bond measure onto the November ballot.

Who is going to pay for this? Everyone in Pasadena, even people who don’t have children or don’t send their kids to PUSD.

Why? Because the schools are failing because of Republicans and illegal immigrants (one of the most hilarious arguments that he’s actually made).

Oh - and go ahead and try to grill Peter about the PEF and if they’re really the ones in charge. He’ll lose his friggin’ mind (and, hopefully, will shave off that nasty beard).

Peter is your garden variety Pasadena uber-liberal. Elitist, secretly racist, and possessing actually no common sense. He fits right in at the #5 spot on my list of the Ten People Ruining Pasadena.

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You know, being a local dignitary and local treasure isn’t all fun and games. Because of the status I hold in this community, I sometimes am required - by an unwritten rule in the Pasadena Way - to do public service related things. It’s my way of “giving back” to the community that made me The Most Electrifying Man in Pasadena.

I’ve always been a fan of public service announcements or PSAs. They really get the point across, especially because celebrities know everything and we don’t know anything. I seriously didn’t know cocaine was bad until Dennis Franz told me on one of those “The More You Know” commercials I saw when I was 10 or 11 years old.

So, I filmed some of my own Public Service Announcements over the weekend. Enjoy!

Here’s one about alcoholism.

Here’s another one about the Internet sex trade. (19 people in Pasadena should have seen this one)

And finally, why the public library opens worlds of imagination.

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We’ve got a new blogger in town.  Pasadena’s Closet Conservative.  Not quite sure if this is a parody or if this blog is 100% real - but whatever the deal is, there’s some really good stuff over on that site.

Which reminds me - did you get your invite yet to the upcoming blogger get together on June 28th?  If not, simply drop me a line by clicking on “Contact” at the top of this site.  I’ll send the invitation to your e-mail address.

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Let’s start the week off right with some Sid Tyler Facts:

  • Sid Tyler uses pepper spray to spice up his steaks.
  • The elephant is actually the second official logo of the GOP. The first logo was Sid Tyler with a kitten in his mouth.
  • Sid Tyler once challenged Lance Armstrong to a “who has more testicles” contest.  Sid Tyler won.  By 5.
  • Sid Tyler doesn’t believe in Germany.
  • Sid Tyler does not own an oven nor a microwave because revenge is a dish best served cold.
  • Sid Tyler built Rome in one day.

Be seeing you,

- AP