Category: City Council

At the January 12, 2021 Glendale City Council meeting, Dan Brotman stressed the need for better enforcement of our social distancing and face covering ordinances. Though not planned as such, 50 seconds of his comments provided a better COVID-19 public service announcement than our city produced late in the holiday…

(Originally posted to Nextdoor Glendale, CA September 13, 2020) Last week I posted a video of the Glendale Housing Authority – September 1, 2020 (Spaghetti Western Style). And I highly recommend this fine action-packed western adventure filled with heroes, villains, and do-nothings. https://nextdoor.com/news_feed/?post=160296239 Today I’m going to take a closer…

(Originally posted to Nextdoor September 4, 2020) Generally this is a pointless, wasteful meeting that conducts little or no business. This one was different. Having accidentally clicked on it, I found it packed with all of the flavor of a spaghetti western movie. It has it all; the good, the…

Glendale City Council Meeting, January 12, 2021 Special Meeting, January 12, 2021

On December 31, 2020 Ardy Kassakhian posted on Twitter: “Meeting agendas ready 12 days before the actual scheduled meeting. Let’s make this a regular occurrence so the public has a chance to see what’s coming up for a vote. #transparency#LocalGov “ I agree that the public should have plenty of…

Ardy Ardashes Kassakhian (via Facebook): “Interview with Berj Najarian (Director of Football/Head Coach Administration with the New England Patriots) about his and the New England Patriots activism on the war in Armenia/Artsakh and the humanitarian crisis taking places in the wake of Azerbaijani and Turkish war crimes. We talk baseball,…

Earlier this month as the holiday season began, City Council attended the 2020 virtual Glendale Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony. Each councilmember expressed their holiday greetings to the residents of Glendale, which was followed by clips of the tree lighting event from previous years. A few of the council members spoke…

Today, Glendale released a 1:54 mins. video of City Council addressing the dangers of COVID-19. It’s mostly scripted off of the nine-part tweet series mentioned in my last post, but it is overall a good production. This was months and months overdue. It’s unfortunate that the city waited for a…

Today @MyGlendale tweeted a series of nine COVID-19 messages to the public. In their final message, they pled for the public to consider those who have lost their lives in Glendale to COVID-19, citing 225 people who have died from the disease. Unfortunately, their data was two days old, and…

December 18, 2020 Media Contact: Jennifer Hiramoto, Acting Assistant Director of Community Development818-548-2005 JHiramoto@glendaleca.gov City Seeking Qualified Applicants to Operate Alex Theatre GLENDALE, CA – The historic Alex Theatre is a world-class performing arts and entertainment center, serving as an anchor for the City’s vibrant Downtown and Art & Entertainment Districts. On…

As I posted earlier, councilmember Ara Najarian wasted Glendale City Council time recently on a half-baked proposal to create a Glendale health department. His motivation was to circumvent restrictions on outdoor dining imposed by LA County, and had nothing to do with the public’s health. And his vision for the…

Two weeks ago, Ara Najarian and Vrej Agajanian were pondering a ‘Mock Health Department’ to do everything they can to ditch the LA County Health Department’s authority, and preserve the health of the dine-out-burger. Perhaps they should have been preparing for the post Thanksgiving effects of COVID-19. Los Angeles Times…

Ardy Ardashes Kassakhian (via Facebook): “Sharing my conversation with Arsen Shirvanyan who is in Armenia delivering aid to displaced families from Hadrut and other parts of Artsakh. Remember that Hadrut is occupied Armenian land. If you want to help, donate to www.Code3Angels.org and www.HyeHopes.org. Thank you to all who have…

City Council Special Meeting Joint Meeting

(Via Ardy Kassakhian, Facebook) Councilmember Ardy Kassakhian posted to social media today to bring awareness to a fundraiser created for the 14-year old daughter of Glendale resident, Elena Ledford, who was found slain in a Pasadena park two days before Thanksgiving. Kassakhian wrote: “Help if you can. Some of you…

Ara Najarian shows us exactly how much importance he places on the health and well-being of Glendale citizens. Najarian proposed the creation of a pseudo-health department which Glendale can lay claim to by “meeting the qualification and check the boxes.” His motivation was NOT FOR THE SAKE OF PUBLIC HEALTH,…

At the September 22, 2020 City Council meeting, Paula Devine made a motion to request staff for a report on “a proposed tram in Griffith Park which could negatively impact our Rancho area.” Attempting to sound as if he had something to add on the topic, Ara Najarian demonstrated that…

Between the recent holidays, and Ara Najarian’s irresponsible ‘Dark Days’ (which blackout a City Council meeting monthly), we really haven’t seen many meetings lately.

Ardy Ardashes Kassakhian (Facebook): “A conversation with U.S. Rep. Frank Pallone (D-NJ) who is the founder and co-chair of the Armenian Issues Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives. We talk about Artsakh, Armenia, the Diaspora and we even touch upon the 2020 US Elections.”