Tag: Government malfeasance

The same desk chair that brought you “Dan Brotman’s Greatest Hits” now proudly presents the latest single featuring Dan Brotman’s favorite campaign smear… “Dan Sees MAGA Everywhere.” Never before have all of Dan Brotman’s bad policies, smears, and delusions been brought together in a single song! This one is certain…

“You have the right to free speech, as long as you’re not dumb enough to actually try it!” — The Clash “Know Your Rights” 1982

Meet Shant Jaltorossian. Jaltorossian is a member of the small local group GlendaleOUT, NOT a registered 501(c)(3) organization. He is also the alleged* creator of the “Glendale Extremist Network,” a local radical political group known for some minor acts of vandalism targeting political figures and private individuals. Shant is also…

Misandry is the hatred of or prejudice against men or boys. It is the counterpart to misogyny, the hatred of women or girls. Unfortunately, misandry is a practice of Glendale Councilmember, Elen Asatryan, who sells it as “women’s advocacy.” Apparently nobody told her that fighting misogyny (hatred of women) is…

Dan Brotman looks forward to pensioners dying to save Glendale from his own fiscal irresponsibility. It’s unfortunate when a politician sees a means to municipal financial recovery in a future where our pensioned seniors are dead. But that’s what Councilmember Dan Brotman said at the North West Glendale Homeowners Association…

Some of us have referenced Dan Brotman’s perspective of Glendale as a city on which he likes to “experiment.” But few have actually heard him say it.So, here it is. It’s true. Councilmember, Dan Brotman really does see our city as one on which he can “experiment” with theoretical policy,…

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 Royal Canyon Property Owners Association Candidate Forum on April 19, 2026, Patrick Murphy rejected City Council’s proposals of vacancy and parking taxes. Murphy explained how taxing vacancies and parking leads to LOWER revenue by chasing away local business shoppers and customers and reducing the collection of sales taxes.Sales…

At the Royal Canyon Property Owners Association Candidate Forum on April 19, 2026, Patrick Murphy addressed the City Council censorship policy of hiding the faces of public speakers. The policy was originally enacted by council members Dan Brotman and Elen Asatryan, after 30 years of the city allowing the faces…

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…

You may hear it when a new couple is expecting their first baby, or when searching for the ninth studio album by the English rock band Genesis. But in Glendale government, it describes the number of Board members remaining at last week’s Design Review Board meeting. After finding out he’s…

At the February 16, 2021 City Council Meeting, Councilmember Dan Brotman made comments directly to the viewing public regarding motives behind the ‘Winegate’ fiasco orchestrated by Ara Najarian. This video includes his statement directed to the citizens of Glendale. Mr. Brotman informs us that some with commercial developer interests are…

This is a clip of the full second motion of ‘winegate,’ where Ara Najarian walks the thin line between defaming someone and defamation, at the February 16, 2021 City Council meeting. Council rejected it in a 2 abstain (Brotman, Devine): 1 no (Kassakhian): 2 yes (Najarian, Agajanian) vote. Mr. Najarian…

Outlook Newspapers’ Glendale News-Press had especially good coverage of Ara Najarian’s failed over-reactive attempt to to create a scandal designed to impair the Design Review Board. Recall that Ara Najarian made a point of mentioning (threatening) media coverage at the City Council meeting. “More than two hours of discussing what…

Published to Facebook January 9, 2021 with the message “Peace and Love.” At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, while case and death numbers were rapidly increasing in Glendale, this Glendale City Council member was enjoying a day at the beach and declaring himself “the love doctor.” — Nauseating. On…

Ara Najarian is a very busy politician. He was ‘so busy’ that he proposed City Council and staff eliminate one City Council meeting per month, giving city officials a handful of taxpayer-paid days off. With a pretense of needing time to catch up on backed up reports and other city…

At the January 12, 2021 Glendale City Council meeting, Ara Najarian’s long-time political adversary, local community newsletter publisher, Mike Mohill called in to bring attention to the repeated censorship tactics practiced by the councilmember. Mr. Najarian has a growing record of using such tactics on Nextdoor to prevent the greater…