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Saturday, April 13, 2024 


Weather Wise

WALKING SIERRA MADRE - The Social Side

by Deanne Davis

6-Day Forecast Sierra Madre, Ca.

 
Sun Rain Hi 60s Lows 50s 

 Mon: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s 

 Tues: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s 

 Wed: Sunny Hi 70s Lows 50s

 Thur: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 50s 

 Fri: Sunny Hi 80s Lows 50s

Forecasts courtesy of the National Weather Service

Hope you had a moment and the right glasses to view the 
eclipse last Monday. It was awesome! 

“Happiness is not the absence of problems; it’s the ability 
to deal with them.”

Steve Maraboli

“I believe we should all pay our taxes with a smile. I tried 
that, but they wanted cash.”

“Income tax has made liars out of more of the American 
people than golf.” Will Rogers

Monday is April 15th. Yes, friends and neighbors, it’s 
time to file our income taxes again. I haven’t gotten my 
completed tax filing back from our tax guy yet as I’m 
writing this so I’m still in the dark as to what it’s going to 
look like this year. This past year was the first time my 
taxes were set up on the quarterly system instead of the 
IRS going into my bank account and helping themselves 
to an egregious amount of money and I was happier 
paying quarterly. (I use that term, ‘happier’ laughingly!). 

Remember people lining up at the Post Office to be sure 
to get that April 15th postmark on their envelope? Now 
most of us are filing electronically, which is certainly 
easier. Thanks to various disaster situations and 
extensions, and depending on where you are, you might 
be filing sometime in May or maybe even in October. I, 
personally, was one of those lucky people who had to file 
on April 18th last year. And I did. And I paid. Boy did I 
pay! 

THE IRS BLUES 

(An original lament by Deanne Davis)

“I’ve got those sad old, bad old, gotta pay my taxes blues.

The IRS has called me out, “Girl, don’t even bother to cry or pout.

We’re gonna get your very last dime.

And if you think you can fool us, well, you’re gonna do some time.”

I listed my deductions, and all my charities.

IRS just looked and laughed.

They said, “Girl, seriously? Please!

We see you feed the homeless and keep some foreign kids afloat.

You’re faithful to your church and send that tithe check in each month.

Folks like you, faithful and true, honest to the core,

Are the backbone of the Nation.

But to us, you’re just another tiresome bore.

We’re checking out your tax return with a microscope and fine-toothed comb.

We’re hoping that we’ll find a flaw so we can charge you even more.

Penalties, our penalties, we love those little things.

You thought that you had done it right, thought maybe you’d even sleep tonight.

IRS just looks and laughs, ‘Girl, seriously? Please!

If you think you’re gonna keep a dime, we’ll take you down in record time.”

Yes, my friends, I’ve got those sad old, bad old, gotta pay my taxes blues.

Ohhhh yeah…

And I suspect that you do, too.

I have a notorious tax evader in my very own family: My mother, who one year filed a tax return stating she had 
given thousands of dollars to various charities. She hadn’t, of course, and when the IRS audited her and she had to 
admit she had exaggerated a little, they were very kind and said, “Now, Betty, we know you didn’t mean to do that 
and we know you’re never going to do it again.” No jail time and believe me, she never did it again. 

Hope you’re enjoying these beautiful days of April, flowers budding and blooming on every side, hummingbirds 
and bees feasting on the flowers, our bears awakening from their long winter nap.

The picture this week has nothing to do with taxes.

The Sierra Madre 2025 Rose Parade Float, “Best Day Ever,” is going to be incredible with pinatas, a mariachi band 
and ballet folklorico dancers. We are going to be big prize winners again. I’m putting this in so you can start 
thinking about something wonderful and exciting and quit thinking about taxes! 

In addition to Income Tax Filing Day, April 15th is also Patriot’s Day, Father Damien Day, National Laundry 
Day, World Art Day, Jackie Robinson Day and the day Abraham Lincoln was assassinated. “Other than that, Mrs. 
Lincoln, how did you like the play?” just to end on a truly tasteless note. 

“Taxes are what we pay for a civilized society.”

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Check out my book page: Deanne Davis: Amazon.com

Great stories there about my granddad searching for gold,

“The Fever Never Ends”

SIERRA MADRE CITY MEETINGS

SIERRA MADRE CITY 

COUNCIL MEETING

APRIL 23, 2024 5:30pm

THIS MEETING WILL BE HELD 
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS!

As part of the City of Sierra Madre’s 

COVID-19 transparency efforts and The 
Brown Act provides the public with an opportunity 
to make public comments at any 
public meeting. Public comment may also be 
made by e-mail to PublicComment@CityofSierraMadre.
com by 3:00 p.m. on the day of 
the meeting. 

Emails will be acknowledged at the Council 
meeting and filed into public record. The 
public may also comment in person at the 
meeting.

The meetings will be streamed live on Foothills 
Media website at foothillsmedia.org/sierramadre 
and broadcast on Government 

Access Channel 3 (Spectrum)..



1630 AM EMERGENCY RADIO & 

Free on-air publicity for local events

 Sierra Madre’s EMERGENCY radio station is now accepting scripts for 
Public Service Announcements (PSAs) about community events. PSAs 
will be broadcast on the air at no charge. The station operates 24/7 and can 
be heard at 1630 on the AM dial.

 Any local non-profit or non-commercial organization can have their 
event information broadcast to the public on Sierra Madre Community 
Information Radio. The station covers the city of Sierra Madre, plus 
surrounding areas of Pasadena, Arcadia, and Monrovia. 

Your event must:

• Benefit a non-commercial or non-profit entity
• Be open to the public
• Be of general interest to local citizens


Just 
write a Public Service Announcement that describes your event and 
e-mail it to radio@cityofsierramadre.com. 


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