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We received this email yesterday in response to our post about contracting police services out to the LA County Sheriff's Department:

DATE: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 11:37 AM
SUBJECT: "Contract Policing"
TO: Claremont Buzz

I live in West Hollywood, which is policed by the LASD, and I've lived in Altadena, which is also policed by the LASD. They're great -- highly professional, quick to respond, well-trained, all that stuff. Pomona is badly underpoliced -- the Sheriff's Department would make a lot of sense there. Claremont is maybe a different question, but the LASD is a *really* high-quality agency.

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Another reader sent in a link to a Desert Sun article about Indio Assistant Manager and Claremont City Council candidate Bridget Healy's retirement from Indio. The Sun article noted Healy's candidacy and also noted how close she is to Indio City Manager Glenn Southard, who in his capacity as Claremont's City Manager was the source of endless strife and crises.

The Sun also noted that Healy spent most of her time these past three years in Indio, coming back to her Claremont home on weekends:

Her reason for leaving: “I need to get home. My family, my friends ... are all in the Claremont area,” Healy, 56, said.

She rented in Indio while maintaining her Claremont home and would travel there on the weekends.

Prior to Indio, Healy worked with City Manager Glenn Southard as assistant city manager for 17 years in Claremont.

Southard hired Healy as his second in command when he started in Indio as city manager in April 2005.

“We finish each other's sentences. We have an exceptional relationship,” he said.

All the more to look forward to when Healy assumes her seat at the dais in our Council Chambers.