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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

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

A report presented by the Arcadia Board of Education indicates that 6th grade students at all Arcadia elementary schools are exceeding reading and math goals set by the state from now through the 1989-90 school year.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 14, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 14, 1985

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Schools - Test Scores

Item ID: 3114AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A recommendation that would allow all registered voters in Arcadia to vote by mail is being considered by the Chamber of Commerce which may address the City Council on the matter. San Diego has conducted such an election. Article discusses problems and expenses of such an election.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: July 12, 1981

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Elections - Local

Item ID: 1503AN

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

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

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

Arcadia City Council lowered the city's utility tax from 7 to 5% and rescinded the street-sweeping assessment.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 8, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: May 8, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Taxation

Item ID: 3326AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Don Pellegrino, incumbent on the ballot for City Council, has definitive opinions, listed in this article, on the election issues: the budget, race track admission, utility tax, etc.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 7, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 7, 1982

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1982; Pellegrino, Donald E.

Item ID: 1087AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Jeff Dring, Co-chairman of the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee, is running for City Council with Richard Haltom (they are asking voters to vote for both or neither of them.) Article provides biographical information.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 21, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 21, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1980; Dring, Jeff; Haltom, Richard

Item ID: 1072AN

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

Arcadia voters will have an opportunity to vote for a change in the city charter at the April 10 election. A majority vote will be required to elect future members to the City Council of amendment is passed.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 22, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 22, 1984

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: Charter

Item ID: 928AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Results of a recount of ballots cast in the recent Arcadia City Council election confirmed the original vote. Johanna A.M. Hofer, a candidate in the election, ordered the recount.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 20, 1988

Pages: p. 1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: April 20, 1988

Pages: p. 1

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1988

Item ID: 1127AN

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

Richard Haltom is running for City Council as a team-mate with Jeff Dring (they are asking voters to vote for both or neither of them.) The two are co-chairmen of the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee. Biographical details included.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 2, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 2, 1980

Pages: p. A-1 photo

Subjects: City Council - Elections - 1980; Haltom, Richard; Dring, Jeff

Item ID: 1075AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

The City Council met in special session to hear a presentation by Thomas Safran, a specialist in senior citizen housing. The Arcadia Senior Citizen Commission contends the council isn't moving fast enough on the issue. An advisory vote by the people on senior citizen housing will probably appear on the June primary ballot.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: January 27, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Senior Citizens - Housing

Item ID: 3174AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

A public hearing Wednesday night before the Arcadia City Council on a draft Environmental Impact Report for an extensive addition to Whispering Pines Estates drew a mixed reaction from the audience and many questions from Councilman Jeff Dring. After lengthy discussion, the council members, on a 3-1 vote, agreed that a soils study could be postponed until after submission of the final EIR.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: March 25, 1984

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Real Estate - Whispering Pines

Item ID: 2295AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

City Council has approved a new project called Postal Alert. It provides for special stickers to be placed in mail boxes. When the mail carrier notices signs of trouble such as uncollected mail, he notifies his supervisor who directs a follow up. After October 1, participants may obtain a registration card and instructions from Arcadia post offices or the Senior Citizens office.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: September 7, 1980

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Postal Alert

Item ID: 2238AN

Collection: Newspaper Index

Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.

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Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Newspaper: Arcadia Tribune

Date: February 1, 1989

Pages: p. A-1

Subjects: Streets - Orange Grove Avenue

Item ID: 3285AN

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.

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.

A report presented by the Arcadia Board of Education indicates that 6th grade students at all Arcadia elementary schools are exceeding reading and math goals set by the state from now through the 1989-90 school year.

A recommendation that would allow all registered voters in Arcadia to vote by mail is being considered by the Chamber of Commerce which may address the City Council on the matter. San Diego has conducted such an election. Article discusses problems and expenses of such an election.

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.

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.

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.

Arcadia City Council lowered the city's utility tax from 7 to 5% and rescinded the street-sweeping assessment.

Don Pellegrino, incumbent on the ballot for City Council, has definitive opinions, listed in this article, on the election issues: the budget, race track admission, utility tax, etc.

Jeff Dring, Co-chairman of the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee, is running for City Council with Richard Haltom (they are asking voters to vote for both or neither of them.) Article provides biographical information.

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.

Arcadia voters will have an opportunity to vote for a change in the city charter at the April 10 election. A majority vote will be required to elect future members to the City Council of amendment is passed.

Results of a recount of ballots cast in the recent Arcadia City Council election confirmed the original vote. Johanna A.M. Hofer, a candidate in the election, ordered the recount.

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.

Richard Haltom is running for City Council as a team-mate with Jeff Dring (they are asking voters to vote for both or neither of them.) The two are co-chairmen of the Arcadia Tax Reform Committee. Biographical details included.

Orange Grove Avenue, which is the border between Arcadia and Sierra Madre, has a posted speed limit of 35 mph on the Arcadia side and 30 mph on the Sierra Madre side.