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City Asksto Dismiss
Lawsuit byTournament
Rose Parade and Game to Return in 2022
Attorneys for the City of
Pasadena filed motions
Tuesday in United States
District Court to dismiss
all claims against the city
as alleged in the Pasadena
Tournament of Roses’
lawsuit.
“The city’s motions
clearly demonstrate why
the Tournament of Roses
should have never taken
this matter to court,” city
officials said.
According to the city
attorney’s office, “the
motions make clear that
this case is not—and
has never been—about
trademark rights.” The
city and Tournament
have a long-standing
Master License Agreement
wherein each party
recognizes the trademark
rights of the other. The
Tournament’s lawsuit
is about money and the
desire of the Tournament
to have flexibility to move
the Rose Bowl Game out
of its long-time home in
Pasadena. The agreement
between the city and the
Tournament prohibits the
Tournament from selling
its rights to the Rose
Bowl Game to the highest
bidder, and then moving
the Rose Bowl Game out of
Pasadena. The facts of this
year’s Rose Bowl Game
lay bare the Tournament’s
sole pursuit of dollars and
nothing more, they said.
The Tournament insists
that this litigation “is
not about moving the
Rose Bowl Game out of
Pasadena” in the future,
yet the legal complaint
demonstrates just the
opposite. The Tournament
wants a court of law to
assure it that it can move the
Rose Bowl Game. It is an
attempt by the Tournament
to ask the court to allow
it to redraft the Master
License Agreement for
future hypothetical events
that might never happen.
The fact is, the current
agreement between the
parties does not allow the
Rose Bowl Game to be
played anywhere but in
Pasadena for any reason,
unless the city consents,
like it did this year as a
good-faith partner during
extraordinary times.
The Tournament’s
lawsuit attempts to deny
the mayor’s and the city’s
First Amendment rights to
speak to the press and the
mayor’s constituents on
a matter of fundamental
public interest when
it claims the mayor’s
comment that “The
football game belongs to
the City of Pasadena and
the people of Pasadena” is
somehow an infringement
of a trademark. It is a
baseless and reckless
claim to make, seeking to
chill the city’s speech on a
matter of public interest,
they said.
“The city and Tournament
have a parade and a game
to host on New Year’s Day
2022, which will hopefully
symbolize a return to
normal,” they said.
The Pasadena Tournament
of Roses Association
announced Wednesday plans
to welcomed New Year’s
Day and again bring joy to
millions of people around
the world with a live Parade
down Colorado Blvd. on
January 1, 2022.
Officials said that following
a year that has challenged
the Tournament and
people worldwide to an
unprecedented degree, they
are actively planning for the
return of America’s New Year
Celebration, including the
live televised Rose Parade
and Rose Bowl Game, to
usher in 2022.
“As we move forward with
our plans to bring hope and
optimism to the world, public
health and safety remain our
top priority,” said Bob Miller,
President of the Pasadena
Tournament of Roses
Association. “The evolving
nature of the pandemic
requires flexibility, ongoing
Pasadena Heritage to HoldWomen’s History Programs
Pasadena Heritage presents
great programs during Women’s
History Month, join them for
presentation and discussion
on the life of ground-breaking
architect, Julia Morgan (pictured
above) with Professor Emerita,
Cal Poly Pomona, Ana Maria
Whitaker (pictured right).
A Tribute to Julia MorganSaturday, March 13 | 10:00 AMTickets $15 nonmembers $12
members
Presented live on March 13
with a recording of this Zoom
presentation available to ticket
purchasers until March 28,2021.
Pasadena Heritage presents
A Tribute to Julia Morgan, a
presentation and discussion
on the life and work of this
ground-breaking architect by
Professor Emerita, Cal Poly
Pomona, Ana Maria Whitaker.
Julia Morgan was the first
woman architect licensed in
adjustments, and mitigation
measures to be incorporated
into our planned activities.
We expect to announce more
specific details on the Rose
Parade and associated events
as they become available.”
Miller also said the 2022
Rose Parade and will feature
elements that were planned
for the 2021 parade, including
the theme “Dream. Believe.
Achieve.” The 2022 Parade
Theme will expand beyond
the initial focus on education
and will include a celebration
of perseverance and strength,
science and scientists,
health professionals, first
responders and essential
workers, he said.
According to a statement,
the 2022 Rose Parade
celebrates the determination
of those who travel the
path from dream to reality.
By building a foundation
of unwavering belief, our
ambitions are limited only by
the expectations we impose
upon ourselves. Our lives,
the state of California in 1904
and ran a very successful firm
for 42 years. She hired women
draftspersons, architects and
artists to work with her. Her
projects were built in 47
California cities and include
institutional, commercial
and residential properties in
multiple styles. Julia Morgan is
perhaps most famously known
for having designed Hearts
Castle, but she is also known for
designing 20 YWCA buildings
in California, Hawaii, Utah,
and Arizona. Sue Mossman,
Executive Director of Pasadena
Heritage, will give an update
on the future of Pasadena’s
own Julia Morgan building, the
former YWCA, and the City’s
plans for rehabilitation. Learn
more about this extraordinary
woman as we celebrate Women’s
History Month.
For more information and
events visit: pasadenaheritage.
org.
the lives of those we love, our
community, and even the
world can forever be changed
when our hopes are nurtured
with passion, fueled with
knowledge, and sustained
with perseverance. This year,
we honor all those who reach
beyond their grasp in the
quest to make a dream come
true.
“We look forward to working
with the city of Pasadena and
our other valued partners
throughout the year as we
prepare for the Rose Parade
and the Rose Bowl Game
in Pasadena on January 1,
2022,” Miller said.
Virtual Town
Hall District
Meetings
Join Councilmember
Felicia Williams for the
first District 2 Town Hall
on Wednesday, at 5 pm.
Panelists will include Police
Chief John Perez, City
Manager Steve Mermell,
and Director of Department
of Transportation Laura
Cornejo. Please submit
your questions via email
by Tuesday to ddyson@
cityofpasadena.net or ask
them during the meeting.
Please click the zoom
link at: us02web.zoom.
us/j/89370397746#success
to join the webinar or
Telephone: Dial: US: +1
669 900 6833 or +1 253 215
8782
Vice Mayor Andy Wilson
will be hosting a Virtual
District 7 Meeting on
Thursday at 5:00 p.m. on
Zoom. During the meeting,
we will have updates from
Police Chief John Perez,
Director of Public Health
Dr. Ying-Ying Goh, and
Transportation Director
Laura Rubio-Cornejo.
Members of our audience
will be able to submit
questions to each of our
speakers.
To join the meeting: click
the link below to join the
webinar: us02web.zoom.
us/j/83520005609
Where To Watch both
meetings on KPAS:
Cable TV: Charter
Spectrum Channel 3 and
AT&T U-Verse
Channel 99 Online:
CityOfPasadena.net/media
and pasadenamedia.org
For more information
visit: cityofpasadena.net
Library CelebratesOne City, One Story
Community Conversationwith Father Gregory
Boyle, Author of the 2021
Selection “Tattoos on the
Heart”
To celebrate the 19th year
of Pasadena’s One City, One
Story community reading
project, the public is invited
to a conversation with Father
Gregory Boyle (pictured),
author of this year’s selected
novel, Tattoos on the Heart,
Sunday, March 14, at 2 p.m.
on Zoom. Father Boyle will
discuss his experiences writing
Tattoos on the Heart. A
question-and-answer session
led by Pasadena Public Library
Director Michelle Perera will
immediately follow. The event
is free and open to the public.
Tattoos on the Heart is a
series of parables about kinship
and redemption from pastor,
activist and renowned speaker
Father Gregory Boyle. In this,
his debut book, he distills his
experience working with gang
members into a breathtaking
series of stories inspired by
faith. Tattoos on the Heart
reminds us that no life is less
valuable than another.
From giant, tattooed Cesar,
shopping at JC Penney fresh
out of prison, we learn how to
feel worthy of God’s love. From
10-year-old Pipi, we learn the
importance of being known
and acknowledged. From
Lulu, we come to understand
the kind of patience necessary
to rescue someone from the
dark—as Father Boyle phrases
it, we can only shine a flashlight
on a light switch in a darkened
South Pasadena Public
Library Crowdsourced Poem
The project will
be written by PoetLaureate Ron Koertge
April is National Poetry
Month, and in celebration, the
South Pasadena Public Library
invites residents of all ages to
contribute to a crowdsourced
poem to be written by City of
South Pasadena Poet Laureate
Ron Koertge. Koertge’s idea
for a South Pas community
poem was inspired by 2017
National Youth Poet Laureate
Amanda Gorman’s “The Hill
We Climb”, and by National
Public Radio’s Poet-in-
Residence Kwame Alexander’s
crowdsourced poem project
“This is Our Dream”. The
theme for our community
poem is Beginnings, and it will
be published on the library’s
website in April.
Poetry has the power to inspire
and delight, and Koertge seeks
to craft a poem with the help
of his fellow South Pasadenans
that can be enjoyed by all.
Koertge says:
“Beginnings mean different
things to different people.
room. This is a motivating look
at how to remain faithful in
spite of failure, how to meet the
world with a loving heart, and
how to conquer shame with
boundless, restorative love.
Founder of Homeboy
Industries, the largest gang
intervention, rehabilitation and
re-entry program in the world,
Father Boyle has dedicated
his life to helping the most
marginalized individuals find
a place in society. In a moving
example of unconditional love
in difficult times, the Jesuit
priest and bestselling author
of Tattoos on the Heart and
Barking to the Choir: The Power
of Radical Kinship shares what
three decades of working with
gang members in Los Angeles
have taught him about faith,
compassion and the enduring
power of kinship.
One City, One Story is designed
to broaden and deepen an
appreciation of reading and
literature. This year’s theme
is “Books for our Times.” For
more information on this year’s
activities, visit: cityofpasadena.
libguides.com/onecityonestory.
To attend, sign up at:
pasadena.evanced.info/signup/
EventDetails?EventId=3992.
Planting a garden is for sure a
new beginning. So is adopting a
dog or cat. Quitting one job and
getting another. A father makes
a different sandwich for his
kids’ lunch. Someone says she’s
sorry and wants to start over.
What does beginning mean
to you? Send me some ideas,
please, and let’s see if I can turn
them into a poem. Pretend
we’re sitting around a fire and
we’re writing a story together.
Not my story, but ours.”
How to Contribute
- Submit one or two lines or a
phrase on the theme Beginnings
(if you need a prompt, start like
this: “A beginning is…”)
- Contributions are due by
Friday March 19, 2021
- Three ways to submit:
Email to library@
southpasadenaca.gov
Mail to the Library with the
word “Beginnings” written on
the envelope
Drop off at the Library Takeout
door during Takeout hours
-Contributors will be
recognized by name unless
anonymity is requested
For more information visit:
southpasadenaca.gov.
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