A Small Business Success, and Some Reasons it Ended

(Editor’s Note: Robin Salzer, who has contributed to this page in the past, closed his popular restaurant, Robin’s Wood Fire BBQ last weekend after 37 years in Pasadena. In an interview with the Pasadena Independent’s Terry Miller, Salzer had some things to say about his small business frustrations with government. Excerpts from the interview appear […]

Pasadena Council Must Be Fair on Minimum Wage

Today, the Pasadena City Council will review the Pasadena Minimum Wage Ordinance, which was voted into law in February 2016. The council will hear compassionate arguments pro and con regarding a proposed “pause” in enacting a $15 per hour minimum wage. Do we follow the lead of Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and reach $15 […]