A Substantially Different Approach to the Selection of a City Manager
Article prepared by Herbert Molano, a Glendale City resident, and pro-democracy activist.
Category: Education
Educating the public on events and governance issues that effect their lives
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%...
California’s Rental Cost – A Crisis of Epic Proportions
While California faces an affordable housing gap at nearly all but the highest income levels, the low-income housing shortage is most severe. Even though there are many reason why people become homeless, there’s little...
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...
The Elephant in the Room…or, How Could Something So Simple Be Overlooked??
The City of Glendale is planning a major overhaul of its electrical generating plant. The plan is referred to as the “Repowering of the Grayson Power Plant”. The proposal started off about 4 years...
Glendale’s Budget is in for a Tough Time.
Glendale’s budget has been precarious ever since the city started transferring $20 Million per year from Glendale Water and Power (GWP) to the General Fund to pay for general services. While politicians and city...
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...
