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The Arcadia City Council voted to raise the Uniform Transient Occupancy Tax (a hotel/motel "bed tax") from 5% to 8% effective October 1.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3444
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 22, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 22, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Taxation
Item ID
3332AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council voted to put a measure on the April 1989 ballot that would make the city clerk an appointed rather than an elected position.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1130
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 10, 1988
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 10, 1988
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council - Elections - 1989
Item ID
1129AN
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Newspaper Index
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Outline of items to be carried on the primary election ballot: the presidential candidates; several state and local offices; 11 state propositions and a local advisory measure regarding low rent housing for senior citizens.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2283
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Primaries
Item ID
2251AN
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Newspaper Index
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Results of the primary election are discussed. Residents voted overwhelmingly in favor of Proposition B, the advisory measure concerning low rent housing for senior citizens.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 5, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Primaries
Item ID
2252AN
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Newspaper Index
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Barring the passage of Measure B on the June 16 ballot, Bonita Park and Santa Anita elementary schools will be closed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2739
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 14, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 14, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Closure
Item ID
2673AN
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Article outlines discussion at City Council meeting about the ballot measure to increase the utility tax to raise money for the schools. It was suggested a higher admission tax at Santa Anita Park be used to raise the money.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 15, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2924AN
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Newspaper Index
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City Council approved the zone change necessary to allow a seven-story, 150 room hotel to be built at 130 West Huntington Drive, the current site of the Ramada Inn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1820
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 15, 1982
Pages
p. A-2 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 15, 1982
Pages
p. A-2 photo
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
1819AN
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Newspaper Index
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Article discusses further arguments pro and con on the upcoming ballot measures to raise the utility tax to provide funding for the schools.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 11, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2928AN
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Newspaper Index
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Article outlines arguments for and against the two ballot measures raising the utility tax in order to restore school programs and prevent school closure.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1981
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 10, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Schools - Finance
Item ID
2927AN
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Poisonous chlorine gas sent 8 employees of Arcadia's Embassy Suites Hotel to the hospital Sunday following what was apparently an accidental mixing of chemicals in the laundry room. This was the second incident of its kind in a little over 2 months.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 19, 1986
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 19, 1986
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Embassy Suites
Item ID
1823AN
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If the Arcadia Planning Commission's Tuesday night meeting vote stands up on appeal to the city council, Arcadia will get a 97-room retirement hotel at the corner of Sunset Boulevard and Michillinda Avenue.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper3296
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1984
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p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 27, 1984
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Senior Citizens - Housing
Item ID
3199AN
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The Arcadia Public Library is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1986
Pages
p. B-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 19, 1986
Pages
p. B-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room
Item ID
1924AN
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"Be a Read-a-Saurus" is the theme of the Summer Reading Program sponsored by the children's room of the Arcadia Public Library.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1933
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1988
Pages
p. B-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 1, 1988
Pages
p. B-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room
Item ID
1928AN
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National Library Week will be celebrated in the Jerry Broadwell Children's Room with special displays and programs through the month.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29 ,1987
Pages
p. B-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29 ,1987
Pages
p. B-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room
Item ID
1925AN
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To commemorate American Library month, the children's room of the Arcadia Public Library will hold a series of special programs.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1932
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 6, 1988
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p. D-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 6, 1988
Pages
p. D-1
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room
Item ID
1927AN
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Theresa Eskola, 63, head housekeeper at the 87-room Motel 6 across from the Santa Anita Park race track, is the first employee to work 25 years for the hotel chain. Her gifts included $2500 in $100 bills, a limousine ride and the day off. Photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2
Subjects
Eskola, Theresa
Hotels, Motels, etc. - Motel 6
Item ID
1526AN
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"Wild About Reading" is the theme for the summer program to be sponsored by the Jerry Broadwell Children's Room of Arcadia Public Library. Registration begins June 6 through July 18.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1931
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 27, 1987
Pages
p. B-1 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 27, 1987
Pages
p. B-1 photo
Subjects
Arcadia Public Library - Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room
Item ID
1926AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two hotels are being proposed for redevelopment property along Huntington Drive in Arcadia, potentially creating a "hotel row" between East Arcadia and West Monrovia.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 17, 1987
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 17, 1987
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, etc.
Item ID
1821AN
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By February 14, 1985, the Granada Royale Hometel will be known as the Embassy Suite Hotel. The hotel was purchased in April 1984 by Embassy Suites, a subsidiary of Holiday Inn.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1823
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1985
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p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Embassy Suites
Item ID
1822AN
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Newspaper Index
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Construction will begin in November on the $20 million hotel-office complex on the site of the Ramada Inn, according to John Kirkpatrick, the developer. He expects that the hotel and one office building will be completed before the 1984 Olympics. The new hotel will be first class with a well-known name.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper1834
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
June 6, 1982
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Ramada Inn
Item ID
1833AN
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Newspaper Index
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