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Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia and other independent car wash owners may lose thousands of dollars because major oil companies will no longer sell gasoline to car washes who don't pump at least 150,000 gallons of gas per month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25863
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2003
Pages
p. B3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2003
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Car wash
Fasching, George
Item ID
26063AN
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Newspaper Index
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George Fasching, former city council member and owner of Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia for the last 31 years, may have to stop selling gas at his business due to a state mandate, set to go into effect next April, requiring California gas station owners to purchase between $20,000 and $80,000 in new equipment to further reduce vapor emissions at the pump.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31204
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Business owners
Fasching, George
Fasching's Car Wash
Gas stations
Pollution
State mandates
Item ID
31399AN
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Newspaper Index
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George Fasching, shown in a photo, is no longer selling gas at Fasching's Car Wash in Arcadia because he is unwilling to comply with a state mandate, effective April 1, 2009, that requires gas station owners to purchase new equipment to reduce vapor emissions at the pump.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31368
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Emissions
Fasching, George
Fasching's Car Wash
Gas stations
Pollution
Item ID
31563AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia City Council approved the design for a proposed addition to the new car showroom at Rusnak Mercedes-Benz. The dealer wants to build a two-story, 2644 square feet addition to the southeast corner of the showroom. The City council approved additions to other businesses as well.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30773
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 26, 2002
Pages
p. 19
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 26, 2002
Pages
p. 19
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
Item ID
30961AN
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Rusnak, a luxury car dealership in Pasadena is moving one of its franchises to Arcadia. The operation will sell new and pre-owned Mercedes-Benz models at 55 W. Huntington Dr.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24772
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2002
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 11, 2002
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Rusnak/Arcadia
Car Dealerships
Item ID
24966AN
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Newspaper Index
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Church in Arcadia will move to land formerly occupied by the city's mounted police at 630 E. Live Oak Avenue. Church in Arcadia is currently at 21 Morlan Place, the former site of Arc Bowl and Arcadia Bowling, which closed in the late 1970s. This deal was done to try to keep neighbor Rusnak Mercedes Benz, the city's largest sales tax generator, from moving to another city.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30887
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 11, 2008
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Church in Arcadia
Rusnak Mercedes Benz - expansion
Item ID
31075AN
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Newspaper Index
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City officials resume talks with Rusnak Mercedes-Benz about its expansion now that Measure B has passed. The Church in Arcadia will move to Live Oak Street.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30545
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 17, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 17, 2007
Pages
p. Local 1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz - expansion
Item ID
30733AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council will vote on approval of a property acquisition plan with Rusnak Arcadia tonight. The opposition, comprised of seven former mayors, don't want Redevelopment Agency money to help a private business buy five nearby properties.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29349
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Business and Industry
Car Dealerships
Automobiles
Rusnak Arcadia
Expansion
Arcadia Redevelopment Agency
Mercedes Benz
City Council Meetings
Item ID
29533AN
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Newspaper Index
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Arcadia's largest individual sales tax producer, Rusnak Mercedes Benz, announced it wants to move out of Arcadia. It would mean an estimated loss of $800,000 to the City. Having faced expansion roadblocks, Rusnak says the City hasn't been able to deliver the acreage and properties as promised. The announcement came as a shock to City Manager Bill Kelly who knew nothing about it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30565
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 7, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Business and Industry
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30753AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Arcadia Redevelopment Agency adopted a resolution approving the land acquisition and development agreement to help Paul Rusnak buy five sites for his Mercedes Benz dealership expansion. The Arcadia Elks Lodge doesn't want to move.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29394
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 31, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Arcadia Redevelopment Agency
Arcadia Elks Lodge 2025
Rusnak Arcadia--expansion
Mercedes Benz
Car Dealerships
Item ID
29578AN
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Newspaper Index
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Cal Tech student William Jensen Cottrell, allegedly connected with an ecoterrorist group in connection with vandalism at Rusnak Mercedes-Benz and other car dealershships in the San Gabriel Valley, was arrested by the FBI.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27839
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 10, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cottrell, William Jensen (aka Cottrell, Billy)
Crime and Criminals
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Item ID
28036AN
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Manny Romero, owner of Rod's Grill, has initiated Measure A to try to block the Rusnak Mercedes Benz automobile dealership from expanding. The city has put out a counter measure, Measure B, to citizens to vote on at the May 8 election.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30476
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 5, 2007
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ballot measures
Central Business District (CBD)
Measure A
Measure B
Restaurants
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30663AN
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Rusnak Motors gets a 6-month extension to its exception from ARA 172, a resolution that prohibits car sales unless new cars are also sold. The Council also acted to amend the central business district ordinance to allow service stations with a conditional use permit.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30566
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 29, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Arcadia Redevelopment Agency
Automobile Dealerships
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30754AN
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FBI officials have new leads after viewing a videotape of two men vandalizing San Gabriel Valley auto dealerships, including Rusnak Mercedes-Benz in Arcadia. ELF has claimed responsibility for the vandalism on SUVs and Hummers vehicles.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26171
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Earth Liberation Front (ELF)
Sport Utility Vehicles (SUV)
Ecoterrorists
Hummers
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Vandalism
Item ID
26371AN
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Newspaper Index
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The expansion of Rusnak Mercedes-Benz, Arcadia's largest sales tax generator, still faces hurdles. The Church of Arcadia has agreed to move from 21 Morlan Place, but it has encountered delays with the county's plan checks. The City of Arcadia still needs to acquire Rod's Grill at 41 W. Huntington Drive, but proprietor Manny Romero has not accepted any of the city's numerous offers. Tom Valasek, director of marketing at Rusnak Auto Group says the dealership will have to move if the city cannot deliver the land for the expansion plan.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31099
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A7
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 7, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A7
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Church of Arcadia
Rod's Grill
Romero, Manny
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz - expansion
Item ID
31294AN
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Rusnak Mercedes-Benz has moved from Pasadena to the old Foulger Ford property at 55 W. Huntington Drive in Arcadia. A photo shows city officials and top business people at the ribbon cutting on the site.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30689
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 21
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 14, 2002
Pages
p. 21
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Business and Industry
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30877AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City of Pasadena may seek lost sales tax revenue from Rusnak Mercedes-Benz, a business that relocated from Pasadena to Arcadia four years ago. Pasadena officials think Arcadia may have used the promise of an expansion loan as an enticement when Rusnak first considered leaving Pasadena. Arcadia officials deny it.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30048
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 21, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Rusnak Mercedes Benz
City of Pasadena
Automobile Dealerships
Item ID
30235AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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As the city council election approaches, another main platform besides the controversial proposed mall development, The Shops at Santa Anita, that candidates can run on is the use of eminent domain. Current controversy surrounds the use of eminent domain to help Rusnak expand the Mercedes-Benz dealership.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29958
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2006
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 16, 2006
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Eminent domain
City council elections - 2001-2010
Candidates
Issues
Platforms
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30144AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City of Arcadia has acquired half of the land originally promised for Rusnak's Mercedes Benz expansion. Arcadia Self-Storage and Church in Arcadia are selling to the city but the Elks Lodge and Rod's Grill refused to sell. The city expects Rusnak to produce a minimum of $700,000 each year in sales tax for 10 years, or until the loan is repaid.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30200
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Automobile Dealerships
Eminent domain
Redevelopment
Rusnak Mercedes-Benz
Item ID
30387AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Pasadena car dealer Paul Rusnak has closed escrow for a car lot on Huntington Drive in Arcadia. Foulger Ford used to be located there.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29050
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 8, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Rusnak, Paul
Car dealers and dealerships
Commercial properties
Industrial real estate
Foulger Ford
Item ID
29236AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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