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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, May 18, 2011
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Protesters arrested at the Walt Disney lot in Burbank

Two protesters, dressed as Minnie and Mickey Mouse, chained themselves to a gate at the Walt Disney Studios today, according to the Los Angeles Times. The costumed activists reportedly were protesting because of a fiber in Disney’s children’s books, which they say is from endangered Indonesian rain forests. Updated: 2:15 p.m. A short while ago, Burbank Police sent out a press release about the […]
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Saturday, May 14, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, May 14, 2011
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Burbank City Manager proposes dumping merit pay for some employees

Major development involving Burbank’s controversial practice of merit pay for some employees. In the last fiscal year of 2009-2010, the city reportedly paid out an estimated $1 million in bonuses, during these hard economic times of cutbacks and reduced city services. The Burbank City Attorney’s Office is fighting a lawsuit to get details on those bonuses filed last January by The Burbank Leader/The […]
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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City Buzz: Emily Gabel-Luddy, dirty politics, and the BPD cases

After a week, some folks are still finding the audacious snub, oh wait, let’s call it what it is, discriminatory selection process of the vice-mayor by four members of the Burbank City Council — a stomach turner. Those that had hoped for an independent female voice on the council got blindsided by Emily Gabel-Luddy who came out publicly as the new member of this “good-old-boys-club” at the […]
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Saturday, May 7, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Saturday, May 7, 2011
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Weather change: Drizzle, cloudy skies, and cool temps

Don’t expect a sunny and warm Mother’s Day in Media City. The forecast is calling for drizzle, patchy clouds, and fog late tonight with more of the same dreary weather on Sunday. There’s a 20 percent change of rain, so it might be a good idea to take along an umbrella to those Mother’s Day events. The high is expected to be around […]
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Friday, May 6, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Friday, May 6, 2011
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Burbank Police issue a Chandler Bike Path warning

Late today, Burbank Police issued a warning about a predator who’s stalking women on the Chandler Bike Path. The suspect targets women — walking or jogging — during the morning hours on that path, which is a popular place for exercise enthuses.  There have been three separate incidents of women being accosted by the suspect in the past month, according […]
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Wednesday, May 4, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Wednesday, May 4, 2011
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The recount: Second recount request withdrawn

Another major setback for the recount supporters. Late yesterday, Judy Alter of the election watchdog group, Protect California Ballots, notified Burbank City Clerk, Margarita Campos, that the second recount request for the city council run-off of April 12, 2011 was being withdrawn. If you’re keeping score, that’s two wins for the city insiders and zip for the concerned citizens of Burbank […]
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Tuesday, May 3, 2011
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Sunny and hot in the Media City today

UPDATE:  At 11 a.m. it was 82 in Burbank. Get out the sunglasses. It’s going to be sunny and hot in B-town. Yesterday, the thermometer reached 86. Today it could soar to 90!  The winds should die down and the skies will be clear.  A hot Tuesday in May. A hint of what’s coming in the summer.
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Monday, May 2, 2011
By Fronnie Lewis Monday, May 2, 2011
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The recount: The City Clerk’s denial and a second recount request

The Burbank City Council’s big reorganization meeting is set for this morning at 10 a.m. Last Tuesday, at the city council meeting there was a showdown over the recount request for  the April 12 city council run-off election. The city won the major and decisive points in this showdown.  Meanwhile, as preparations move ahead for the swearing-in of re-elected Council Member Gary Bric and […]
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