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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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 22, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3332AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 10, 1988

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 10, 1988

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1989

Item ID: 1129AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 1, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 1, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Primaries

Item ID: 2251AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 5, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Primaries

Item ID: 2252AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Barring the passage of Measure B on the June 16 ballot, Bonita Park and Santa Anita elementary schools will be closed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 14, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 14, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Closure

Item ID: 2673AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council has cut the City tax rate by $.11, but due to county and special districts, the overall rate paid by Arcadians is going to be higher.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 19, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: August 19, 1976

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3314AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 15, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2924AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Howard Jarvis, the father of Proposition 13, spent an hour in Arcadia, knocking down the "straw man" arguments he said were being put up against the property tax initiative. Prop. 13 would reduce property taxes in California to 1 percent of what market value was in 1975-1976, plus whatever is necessary to pay off current bonded indebtedness. A 2 percent annual inflation rate is written into the constitutional amendment.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 19, 1978

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Jarvis, Howard; Property Taxes

Item ID: 34112AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 15, 1982

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 15, 1982

Pages: p. A-2 photo

Subjects: Hotels, Motels, etc.

Item ID: 1819AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 11, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2928AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 10, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Finance

Item ID: 2927AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 19, 1986

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Hotels, Motels, Etc. - Embassy Suites

Item ID: 1823AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

General information re Oakwood Hotel

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1950 p. 4; July 15, 1950 p. 3

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 23, 1950 p. 4; July 15, 1950 p. 3

Subjects: Oakwood Hotel

Item ID: 4031AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 27, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 27, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens - Housing

Item ID: 3199AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

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

Collection: Newspaper Index

"Be a Read-a-Saurus" is the theme of the Summer Reading Program sponsored by the children's room of the Arcadia Public Library.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: June 1, 1988

Pages: p. B-1 photo

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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: 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

Collection: Newspaper Index

To commemorate American Library month, the children's room of the Arcadia Public Library will hold a series of special programs.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 6, 1988

Pages: p. D-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 6, 1988

Pages: p. D-1

Subjects: Arcadia Public Library - Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room

Item ID: 1927AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

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

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: December 6, 1989

Pages: p. A-1, 2

Subjects: Eskola, Theresa; Hotels, Motels, etc. - Motel 6

Item ID: 1526AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

"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.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 27, 1987

Pages: p. B-1 photo

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

Collection: Newspaper Index

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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.

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.

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.

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.

Barring the passage of Measure B on the June 16 ballot, Bonita Park and Santa Anita elementary schools will be closed.

The City Council has cut the City tax rate by $.11, but due to county and special districts, the overall rate paid by Arcadians is going to be higher.

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.

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.

Article discusses further arguments pro and con on the upcoming ballot measures to raise the utility tax to provide funding for the schools.

Article outlines arguments for and against the two ballot measures raising the utility tax in order to restore school programs and prevent school closure.

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.

General information re Oakwood Hotel

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.

The Arcadia Public Library is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Captain Jerry Broadwell Memorial Children's Room.

"Be a Read-a-Saurus" is the theme of the Summer Reading Program sponsored by the children's room of the Arcadia Public Library.

National Library Week will be celebrated in the Jerry Broadwell Children's Room with special displays and programs through the month.

To commemorate American Library month, the children's room of the Arcadia Public Library will hold a series of special programs.

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.

"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.