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It takes a village to get a Trader Joe's

Posted Tue, Nov 22, 5:10 p.m.

In Monrovia, Calif., the city council printed up and then handed out post-paid postcards asking Trader Joe's to build a store. Enough people did that they built a store -- and moved their headquarters to the city. It's going to take that sort of grassroots/top-down planning of a "We want ...

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Summertime, and the whining is easy. Right, newcomers?

Posted Sat, Jul 2, 10:18 p.m.

Buy an umbrella? Not sure that's really "cowboying up." As a born and raised and educated who then fled to L.A. for 10 years before making it back. It rains a lot? What do you think makes it so stinking gorgeous and green? What makes me want to snap is ...

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Just say 'none'

Posted Sat, Jan 12, 3:51 p.m.

RE: ?: Derrrrr... I reordered the paragraphs and lost some of sense. Sorry.

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Just say 'none'

Posted Sat, Jan 12, 3:48 p.m.

RE: ?: I do believe there is a heaven and a hell and my acceptance of this sacrifice is what saves me from hell, that God himself redeemed me by offering the choice to accept Him. And as a result, my faith produces an outpouring of good works as well ...

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Managing that lump-sum property-tax payment

Posted Tue, Jan 8, 9:08 a.m.

You get a bill?: I wouldn't mind getting a reminder (preferably email) to let me know that my bill is coming due. I've lived here almost two years and I keep remembering with only a few days left in the grace-month to get the payment in. I think the argument ...

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