Making his first public presentation since being termed out from the Arcadia City Council, four-time former Mayor Bob Harbicht said he doesn’t believe in term limits and shared insights into his record-setting 20 years on the Arcadia City Council that fascinated the audience at the monthly Government Affairs Forum of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce.…
All levels of government were represented at the Government Affairs Forum held yesterday, Thursday, April 3rd. The monthly event in the Chamber’s refurbished conference room sponsored by Foothill Credit Union gives Chamber members a chance to hear from their elected officials. <Story continues following photo gallery below…>[flagallery gid=186] Becky Cheng, representing Congresswoman Judy Chu, provided…
Come join us for the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce’s monthly Government Affairs Forum. The public is invited on the first Thursday of each month to hear informative presentations at the monthly Government Affairs Forums led by Chairman Jack Orswell and co-chair Pete Ulrich, former Arcadia City Councilman. Hear legislative updates at the Chamber conference room at…
Metro Executive Director of Highway Programs Doug Failing (who also happens to be a longtime resident of Arcadia) presented most of the major new highway projects being worked on and planned at today’s (Jan. 9. 2014) Government Affairs Forum, sponsored by Expedia, including a High Desert Corridor plan to link state highway 14 with Interstate 15. That…
Congresswoman Judy Chu of the 27th District says there will be no fees for businesses, cities or residences create a proposed National Recreation Area (NRA) around the San Gabriel River and the San Gabriel Mountains, and that all water rights will remain intact and unaffected. Speaking to attendees of this morning’s Government Affairs Forum (Sept. 5) at…
Assemblymember Ed Chau (D-49th District) has already introduced more than a dozen bills in only about eight months on the job so far, most of which have already reached Governor Brown’s desk. He discussed many of them at this morning’s Government Affairs Forum, sponsored by Expedia, and hosted by chairman Jack Orswell and Co-Chairs Mary Dougherty and…
Thank you Mountain Views News for the announcement of our June Government Affairs Forum guest speaker, Cynthia J. Kurtz, President & CEO of the San Gabriel Valley Economic Partnership.
Chairman Jack Orswell and Co-Chairs Mary Dougherty and Peter Ulrich welcomed Judge Ann I. Jones who spoke to an interested full house in the Chamber Conference room at the May Government Affairs Forum this morning regarding the impact that the closing of eight courthouses and loss of 511 staff positions as of June 14 will…
Douglas R. Failing, P.E., Executive Director, Highway Program for Los Angeles County Metro, told attendees today (Jan. 3) at the Chamber’s Government Affairs Forum, sponsored by Expedia, that he wouldn’t be surprised to see the Gold Line light rail line begin operations to Arcadia as early as 2014, instead of the official target for becoming…