A Substantially Different Approach to the Selection of a City Manager
Article prepared by Herbert Molano, a Glendale City resident, and pro-democracy activist.
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Cronyism in Glendale’s City Manager Election
The most important Civil Service Job in the City of Glendale is the City Manager, and we need a new one. Yasmin Beers, the current City Manager, has resigned and the City Council will...
New Group of Glendale Residents file lawsuit Against City.
A new group of residents, organized together under the name of Save our Glendale, have filed a complaint against the city of Glendale with regards to violations of the Environmental Impact Report as it...
Vote NO on Measure S – Sales Tax Increase
Proposed Sales Tax Increase Initiative for the November 6th Election As you may know the Glendale City Council has placed an initiative on the November 6th Ballot to increase City Sales Tax from 9.5%...
A $76,000 Monthly Pension: Why States and Cities Are Short on Cash
A public university president in Oregon gives new meaning to the idea of a pensioner. Joseph Robertson, an eye surgeon who retired as head of the Oregon Health & Science University last fall, receives...
Coalition Defends its Victory Against the City of Glendale at the Court of Appeals.
The Glendale Coalition filed today its brief with the California Court of Appeals. The Coalition had obtained a judgment of $57 Million in favor of all electric rate payers against the city of Glendale...
The Glendale Coalition for better Government 2017 The Year In Review
Coalition Meetings Held During the year, we held 12 General Meetings for the members and guests. The meetings are open to the public and every one is welcome. Held the third Monday of each...
California’s public pension crisis in a nutshell
By Dan Walters | Feb. 21, 2018 The essence of California’s pension crisis was on display last week when the California Public Employees Retirement System made a relatively small changein its amortization policy. The CalPERS board voted...
The Howard Jarvis Foundation Files Brief in Critical Pension Reform Case
The Howard Jarvis Taxpayers Association, California’s most influential taxpayer-advocacy organization, has joined Governor Jerry Brown in an effort to end a state rule that limits changes to public employee pension plans. On Wednesday (Feb....
Bringing pot shops to Glendale
At the November 17th. council meeting ‘bringing pot shops to Glendale” was discussed. The result consensus (or not) was interesting. Mayor Devine felt Marijuana was a *gateway drug. Mr. Gharpetian felt this went against...
