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Glendale Nomination Papers Issued February 14 – March 11, 2022; candidate hopefuls as of 2/17/2022

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…

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Partial list of candidates for Glendale’s June 7, 2022 election

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…

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An open letter to Mike Mohill

Mr. Mohill, In recent months you’ve published several of my comments in your newsletter. I would appreciate if you make clear to your readers your practice of copying my comments from the Nextdoor social media platform. You tend to represent comments made on social media as having been sent to…

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Dan Brotman addresses public on Ara Najarian’s ‘Winegate’; exposes Mayor Agajanian’s complicity

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…

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Ara Najarian’s ‘Winegate’ “scandal” fizzles at City Council

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…

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Outlook Newspapers: ‘Winegate’ Controversy Engrosses Council

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…

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Glendale City Council, Joint Meeting, and Housing Authority February 16, 2021

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@MyGlendale tweets wrong COVID-19 death count, only off by six human lives

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…

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COVID-19: LA County Health Department vs. Glendale Pseudo Health Department

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…

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L.A. County on verge of becoming COVID-19 epicenter: ‘We are getting crushed’

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…

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COVID-19: Councilmember Ara Najarian Proposes Pseudo Health Department to Circumvent LA County Restrictions

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,…

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Glendale City Council Adopts Resolution Recognizing the Independence of the Republic of Artsakh

On Tuesday, October 27, 2020, the Glendale City Council adopted a Resolution recognizing the independence of the Republic of Artsakh and formally called upon the President of the United States and U.S. Congress to recognize the independence of the Republic of Artsakh for the purpose of bringing peace and stability…

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While City Council Reviews Mural Policy, Self-aggrandizing Ara Najarian Provides Comic Relief

At the September 15, 2020 Special City Council Meeting , Council and Staff discussed the standards and review process for wall murals. It was a very interesting meeting, and worth watching the full broadcast version at the link above. Currently, if a mural design has to undergo review, a number…

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