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...
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Failure to heed results in water utility rate errors
In 2011 Glendale’s government decided it needed more revenue for the water utility. It retained a consultant, Willdan, to prepare a Cost of Services Analysis (COSA) and based on that COSA to design the...
The Changing Glendale
Being a native of Glendale, I have witnessed the many changes that have occurred in my seventy six years of life in this wonderful city. Many of the changes have been good. Many are...
Glendale Mayor Questions the Audacity of a Citizen, Gets lesson in Democracy and History
During a city council meeting, Glendale Mayor, Dave Weaver, questioned the Gall that a single Glendale resident had in submitting a complaint to the grand Jury. On the subsequent meeting, Professor Harry Zavos, lectured...
Requirements of the Public Service Ethics Laws
The Institute for Local Government has recently published a free e-book that you may download bellow. The ebook addresses Ethics in Public Service. Given the recent revelations regarding ex-council member John Drayman, this is...
Ex Glendale Councilman Drayman plea deal Shot Down by Judge
Drayman had agreed with the prosecutor to the plea deal earlier in the week which included [unordered_list style=”tick”] promised to plead guilty to three felony counts of embezzlement, perjury and tax fraud in Serve...
