The past couple weeks we've seen the FCC propose new rules they're calling "Net Neutrality". The people who have argued for Net Neutrality are calling it "Net Neutraility Lite" because it's lacking a lot of things they want - but includes basic protections.

One thing NNLite excludes is the reclassification of internet services as utilities rather than "information services."

FTTH is the buzzword, and it would be great if Rosemead considered chasing after this "holy grail" of networked telecom.

There are few communities with fiber or municipal 4G networking. The big telecom companies don't want the competition. They are so desperate that they appear to be sabotaging municipal WiFi deployments.

Faisal Shahzad: From suburban father to terror suspect.

It sounds like he'd lost everything, and was looking for a way out. Bombing was that way out.

You can read the supreme court decision allowing corporations more free-reign to spend money on politics at the opinions page on the SC website. The case is United States v. Federal Election Commission.

I can't help but think that the reason why the SGVN group keeps running all those stories about the proposed Industry football stadium (while other news outlets largely ignore this pipe dream) might have something to do with all those two-page, full-color ads Roski keeps taking out in the SGVN papers.

There's a saying that a "gaffe" is when you say something true that no body wants to hear.

I attended the forum last night and am quite concerned about three of the candidates.

The first question was on the transfer of Rosemead Blvd from the State (Caltrans) to the City.

As far as I know this mater is under investigation and a report is being prepared.
No one has enough information to make an informed decision at this time.

I found this Pasadena Star article to be very appropriate at this time.  No matter how many vows I make to myself not to get caught up in unrealistic expectations or any expectations or comparisons with past holidays, the cooking, the shopping, the tinsels of it all--it somehow kind of creeps up on you when approaching "THE BIG DAY".