Tag: City Council

Political candidates who engage in censorship may become a government that engages in censorship. The Nextdoor platform is plagued with censorship attempts every election season. Mostly it is done by candidate supporters acting independently or on behalf of a candidate. But occasionally, the candidate themselves will try to silence critics….

This week the results of a Public Record Request (PRR) requesting Glendale City Clerk, Suzie Abajian’s, total time off was released. It request a collection of ALL time off for ALL reasons, holidays, sick leave, vacation time, personal time off, etc. Unfortunately, the report response received included only the days…

At the April 28, 2026 Glendale City Council meeting, public speaker Patrick Masihi spoke about the corruption he witnessed at the Transportation and Parking Commission meeting the previous day. TPC Commissioner, and City Council candidate, AleK Bartrosuf, granted special concessions for a Pelanconi neighborhood resident who donated to his and…

This featured image is from a 2024 City Council meeting. Recently a 2026 candidate forum was added to the Glendale City Clerk’s website which contained illegal description that many recognized as favoritism for a political faction. City Clerk, Suzie Abajian was admonished for this at the April, 14, 2026 City…

Glendale City Government Watch presents …Elen Asatryan in…“I Have Not Taken Any Money From Them” Here’s the storyline:Elen boasted of her early endorsement from the fire and police associations before nominations of all candidates closed on March 6, 2026.On March 16, 2026 she accepts a $1,440 “donation” to her campaign…

Glendale Councilmember, Dan Brotman, posted a video on Instagram and introduced the subject of Verdugo Wash concerns with his best Mr. Rogers imitation. “Hi, my name is Dan Brotman. And this is Mr. Bonsai.” With some relaxing music in the background (to put us in a ‘mellow mood’) he let’s…

What more can the City of Glendale do to fight SB 79? City Council incumbents, Dan Brotman, Elen Asatryan, and Transportation Commissioner, Alek Bartrosouf want to passively await state mandate decisions. Possibly reacting to them after the fact. Patrick Murphy, among other candidates, wants a more proactive City Council who…

Patrick makes some compelling points for a change in leadership and a change in Glendale’s spending habits. – Glendale’s population decreased by 9,000.– Budget has grown by more than 50% in an inflation environment of only 21% (2020-2024).– Glendale’s spending budget went from $840 million 2020, to $1.2 to $1.3…

At the March 31, 2026 City Council meeting, Susan Wolfson called out Dan Brotman for his misogynistic and inflammatory comments at the “No Kings” rally in Glendale (linked below). Brotman was unable to resist shooting back at Wolfson, using a lie of omission in his cheap attempt to humiliate her…

Glendale City Council candidate, Beth Brooks, tells council exactly what she thinks of their backroom deal mayor selection process. I like that Brooks speaks her mind openly and doesn’t kiss their behinds. What I don’t like is City Council’s censorship policy to hide the faces of public speakers so they…

A tipster using an email dedicated EXCLUSIVELY for making Public Record Requests to the City Clerk’s office has informed us that their email address was shared with City Council candidate, Alek Bartrosouf.The individual was shocked when they received an unsolicited campaign email at the email address from Alek Bartrosouf, with…

Glendale City Council member, Dan Brotman suffered more fallout over his manipulative and abuse campaign misinformation speech given at the “No Kings” rally last weekend. At the March 31, 2026, Glendale City Council meeting several public speakers made comments about his offensive rhetoric toward election candidate competitors which included inappropriate…

Dan Brotman is doubling down on his disrespect for women for the cause of his political slate. At the March 31, 2026 Glendale City Council meeting, Susan Wolfson addressed the council about Dan Brotman’s ugly comments belittling candidate Beth Brooks days earlier at “No Kings” rally at City Hall. Brotman…

East Area “Progressive” Democrats Vice President, and City Council gadfly, Malcolm Johnson, received special treatment from City Clerk, Suzie Abajian at the March 3, 2026 City Council meeting. Johnson, apparently on impulse jumped out of his seat while Mike Mohill was speaking to make a verbal request of the City…

Below is a letter to City Council regarding the timeline and cost to restore Glendale’s Brand Blvd. after a 4-1 decision was made to restore a poorly planned and ill-conceived bike lane project. The project, brought to City Council by councilmember Dan Brotman, has already cost the city $1.4 million….

Glendale Mayor, Ardy Kassakhian, opens the meeting with thoughts on school shooting in Uvalde, Texas. CONSENT ITEMS (Including Minutes)The following are Routine and May be Acted Upon by One Motion. Any Member of Council or the Audience Requesting Separate Consideration May do so by Making Such Request Before Motion is…

This is a very informative meeting for those concerned about homelessness in Glendale. Community Services and Parks, re: Acceptance of grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the 2021 Continuum of Care Program; and City of Glendale’s 2022 Homeless Point-in-Time Count a. Council Motion approving…

The nomination period for the upcoming June 7, 2022 Glendale Municipal Election is open from February 14 to March 11, 2022 at 5:00 PM. During the nomination period, we will be watching Glendale’s list of candidates who pull papers to run for office, as well as updating those whose papers…

At this time several campaign committees have been created for our next Glendale election. Four are for City Council, and one if for College Board Area 4. They are: Anita Quinonez Gabrielian for Glendale City Council 2022Ara Najarian for City Council 2022Brotman for City Council 2022Davis for College Board Area…