Trust in Our Mailing System

Today I received notification from the USPS that a government envelope had been delivered to my mailbox. In much anticipation I ran downstairs to check my box and there it was: my passport!

It was explained to me when I applied for the passport a few weeks ago at the Glendale Central Post Office that this was the procedure that would alert me to when the passport had been delivered. During the process the government alerted me also by email that my application had been received and was being checked for authenticity, etc.

My question to all of you: How can it be possible that this proof of my citizenship is acceptable to this president and yet my vote by mail ballot that I also mailed at my Maryland Street, La Crescenta post office could be in question? (That is a distinct possibility.)

I share this with our local paper and all of you because in my opinion at some point, common sense and trust in our mailing system has to be restored.

Tracy E. Collins
La Crescenta

Who – or What – Americans Voted For 

Angry villagers turned out on Oct. 17 for the annual scream fest at Glendale City Hall to protest the barbarities and cruelties of the Trump Administration (“Local Protestors Turn Out For No Kings Rally,” Oct. 22, 2026).

The only things missing were torches and bags of quicklime.

“I certainly didn’t become a citizen to see this country fall apart,” said a forlorn frau. “In Germany, where I come from, we fought against the Nazis.”

For the record, Americans voted for a President, not a king. Our last monarch was George III, who we turned out in 1776.

It seems ironic that America, the proverbial land of opportunity, bestowed billions of dollars on education, housing and medical care for millions of immigrants, legal or otherwise, only to be reviled as a corrupt and rotten country.

Like ungrateful relatives, our “guests” not only want something for nothing – they want it gift wrapped.

Les Hammer
Pasadena

Urges Community to Get Involved

To the residents of unincorporated La Crescenta and Montrose:

Why aren’t you running for the CV Town Council? Do you not realize how hard we worked to become one of the 26 town councils in the 5th LA County district?

I remember how important it was to then-CV Sheriff Station Captain Carol Painter. I remember being told I would only have to attend [Council meetings] as an alternate when Solveig Traeger or Patti Steur were absent! I remember going to Washington, D.C. asking for millions [of dollars] to get our new library! I remember the hours putting together our community standards district.

Now I attend a meeting to congratulate those going off the council – but where are those coming on?

It’s your town now;  get involved!

Danette Erickson, Past President, CVTC 
Longtime CV Resident

Endorses Amy Chen

Amy Chen is running for a seat on the Foothill Municipal Water District board representing Division 4. If you live in Division 4 and get your water from Crescenta Valley Water District, La Cañada Irrigation District or another local water company, this election is about your bill.

Your water company buys imported water through the Foothill Municipal Water District whose decisions on supply, infrastructure and cost land on our bills. Water-related property taxes have more than doubled since 2024, with another 20% increase [forecast] this year.

Amy is a licensed professional engineer with 40 years in California water – from LADWP operations to rates and regional policy at the San Diego County Water Authority. After the Eaton Fire, she knows what preparedness takes.

Her opponent, former La Cañada Flintridge mayor Laura Olhasso, was appointed to the seat when the last Division 4 director stepped down. Laura’s campaign argues that the Foothill Board already has the water expertise and that she’d round out the board. That’s not an argument for electing her. A director doesn’t round out a board. Each division elects its own director and if you live in Division 4, that seat belongs to you.

We need a specialist, not a generalist. We need an advocate who will stand up for our local water companies and ratepayers and make the right policy decisions to protect us. That’s why I’m voting for Amy Chen.

Anita Brenner
La Cañada Flintridge