LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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Elections Have Consequences: The No on Measure N Committee outspent and out maneuvered the Yes on Measure N folks by 10 to 1. Your five council members authorized at least $50,000 of your tax dollars without your consent to mail two one-sided information mailers to 200,000 residents. Additionally, at least $123,000 came from developers and […]

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

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CALPERS’ Captives In 1999, one of the most irresponsible political acts occurred when the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CALPERS) convinced our state legislature that generous salary and pension increases for state union workers could be financed from investment earnings and would have no effect on the taxpayers’ wallets. CALPERS actuaries were manipulated and full […]

Candidate Addresses Critics with Surprise Announcement

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By Ted AYALA The full Glendale City Council convened on Tuesday evening in its first meeting since daylight savings. City Clerk Ardashes Kassakhian invoked the words of French novelist Marcel Proust – famous for his monumental, multi-volume literary epic “In Search of Lost Time” – before the council meeting commenced. “The hour of death cannot […]