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photos • CECI Soiree Under the Stars Page 10 briefs • Council compromises on new briefs • Spadaro faces 20 charges in latest rudy cole • Roxbury community center proposal Page 3 State Bar Court trial, now underway Page 3 Council unity Page 6 ALSO ON THE WEB Beverly Hills www.bhweekly.com WeeklySERVING BEVERLY HILLS • BEVERLYWOOD • LOS ANGELES Issue 671 • August 9 - August 15, 2012 Here’s the Plan The Weekly’s exclusive interview with Planning Commission Chair Craig Corman cover story • pages 8-9 City Council reasserts opposition to tunnel under Beverly High, hires special counsel It is an insult to assume that residents are Mirisch all won. They had sharp differ- briefs • City Council resumes Roxbury briefs • Historic parts of Hawthorne rudy cole • Will discussions Tuesday afternoon Page 3 safe, for now Page 5 they run? Page 6 so unintelligent and uninterested in their ences on issues, but two other candidates ALSO ON THE WEB Beverly Hills www.bhweekly.com city that elections take on the shallowness with very similar views as Mirisch, lost: of popularity contests and dog and pony Former Mayor Richard Stone and former shows. If they do, then we deserve what Board of Education member Virginia WeeklySERVING BEVERLY HILLS • BEVERLYWOOD • LOS ANGELES letters Issue 670 • August 2 - August 8, 2012 we get! Maas. Christine Skirmuntt Ford As for her assumptions that there are Memories of Munich Beverly Hills “major issues” in the upcoming elec- Guri Weinberg criticizes the International Olympic Committee on the 40th anniversary of & email tions, not as significant as she suggests. his father’s death at the Munich Olympics RUDY COLE RESPONDS: On the subway route, the whole council Reader Ford is right. Ideally, elections supported a position paper prepared by “Will they run?” [Issue #670] should be based on issues, not personali- Vice Mayor Mirisch and Mayor Brien. In Rudy Cole’s Aug. 2 column, he ties. However, our campaign history often As for Roxbury, a work-in-progress, com- writes regarding the upcoming city elec- demonstrates that many other factors promises are very likely to lead to a tion that “...there have been some dif- impact our choices. consensus. Also, a vast majority of resi- ferences on a few issues by the five Two examples: In 1986 there were four dents may indeed not agree with some of councilmembers, but few of these are strong candidates. Two had opposed and the immediate neighbors’ opposition to cover story • pages 8-9 likely to impact the election. Mostly, the two supported a proposed hotel devel- much needed improvements, including candidates will win or lose on personal opment, the major issue in the election. our large senior adult population, youth WHAT’S ON YOUR MIND? popularity and effectiveness of their cam- Rose Norton and Robert K. Tanenbaum sports parents and other park users. paigns.” OMG!! With all the dividing opposed the hotel and Maxwell Salter and (More comments on Roxbury in this You can write us at: issues that have faced this community then-Mayor Annabelle Heiferman were week’s column.). 140 South Beverly Drive #201 especially the Metro issue and Roxbury, in support. Tanenbaum and Salter both Beverly Hills, CA 90212 I dare to say that these are major differ- won, and they could not have been fur- ences that mirror the vision that council- ther apart on other issues as well. For the You can fax us at: Advertise members have of our City and how they record, Norton ran ahead of Heiferman. 310.887.0789 regard its citizenry. Often the truth is In a more recent election, 2009, Barry seen in the process, and turnarounds are Brucker, Dr. Willie Brien and John in the email us at: a little too late and not at all convincing. 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Left to right: Hiromi Oshima, Councilmember Lili Bosse, Deanna Brooks, Councilmember Barry Brucker Page • Beverly Hills Weekly Board of Education expected to break promise to the voters not to raise taxes for Measure E allowed for the multipurpose room to be After bids came in over budget last Allegations include Spadaro filed inac- sunk into the ground, thus not being so December, the City Council’s Recreation curate and deficient forms on her clients’ looming when viewed from the park, and & Parks liaison committee, led by Brien behalf, failed to file essential forms relat- secondly it allowed for expanded green and Gold, was tasked with revising plans ed to the clients’ case, failed to appear briefs space, which when you invert it into E, for the community center. The committee for scheduled hearings on her clients’ unfortunately we can’t take advantage of held a series of meetings that were open behalf, failed to respond to clients’ inqui- Council compromises on the expanded green space opportunity.” to the community. ries, failed to provide a refund of $2,500 new Roxbury community In Option D, the multipurpose room “I do believe when people realize we’re unearned fees to her clients, and failed center proposal is located on the northwest corner of the building a new facility far more efficient to provide “legal services of value” to facility, but in Option E, the multipurpose and far more functional, we’re retaining her client. In her filed response, Spadaro room is located on the southwest corner. green space in the park and we’re going to denied the majority of the allegations. The existing multipurpose room is located fix the park up as a whole, this is a victory “I don’t think there is one charge in on the facility’s southeast corner. for everyone,” Brien said. “The building there that makes any sense,” Spadaro said Brucker said advantages of the new structure itself is on a smaller footprint by phone Monday afternoon. “It’s a waste facility include a more functional kitchen than the existing footprint, and yet it’s of the dues that attorneys pay to the bar.” in compliance with County standards still going to be aesthetically designed in According to the filing, Spadaro owes for use by seniors, an indoor patio with a way that is not a box. I think from that the Maciels $2,500 based on an arbitra- a view of the park, and a larger library standpoint, we listened and we dealt with tion award from the Riverside County Bar annex and computer center. all the issues the best we can. We com- Association. Spadaro said she informed Before moving forward with Option E, promised where we needed to to get this the arbitrator’s office she would not be After years of study and many meet- Mirisch and Bosse said they wanted more done. I think that’s ok; that’s the process. able to attend the hearing, but it went ings, the City Council came to consensus comprehensive information about what it In the end, I think the community is going ahead anyway. Spadaro claims she later Tuesday afternoon to move forward with would cost to renovate the existing facil- to be better served for it.” prevailed in Riverside County small plans to build a new Roxbury Park com- ity. A few months ago, consultant C.W. claims court against the Maciels. munity center at the site of the existing Driver presented an approximately $6.1- Spadaro faces 20 charges in State Bar attorney Erin McKeown community center. million estimate for bringing the build- Joyce, who is prosecuting Spadaro’s case, Although Mayor Willie Brien and coun- ing up to code, but it did not include the latest State Bar Court trial, referred the Weekly to the State Bar’s com- cilmembers Barry Brucker and Julian cost of abating hazardous materials that now underway munications department.