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Officials were investigating Steiger's expense reports before GWP departure
The day before Glendale Water & Power General Manager Glenn Steiger resigned on Wednesday, city officials were investigating a case of possible double-billing based on expense receipts he submitted to another public agency, according to records and...
Tags: Politics, Public Officials, Matt Doyle
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School districts face deficits next year
Glendale and Burbank school districts are facing structural deficits of $19.5 million and $6 million, respectively, in 2012-13 officials said this week, even if California voters pass a November tax initiative meant to bolster state coffers. The...
Tags: Politics, Jerry Brown, Public Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Elections
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Line forms for early retirement
At least 100 Glendale employees are interested in taking advantage of an early-retirement option aimed at closing a $15.4-million budget shortfall, city officials and union representatives said Wednesday. Glendale needs about 150 people — 8% of its...Tags: Politics, Employees, Career and Workplace, Public Officials, Job Layoffs
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Replace civil servants with contractors
The article by Brittany Levine (“No easy answers to budget gap,” May 1) pointed out that the new city manager, Scott Ochoa, has pronounced that a “new normal” is necessary to mitigate the current financial shortfall that our city...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Civil and Public Service, Finance
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Krikorian pledges 'to be the voice of American Armenians'
Glendale school board member Greg Krikorian, who is challenging Mike Gatto for the 43rd Assembly District seat in November, ramped up his campaign at a recent anti-genocide rally by appealing to the Armenian American vote with a fiery speech that has...
Tags: Howard Dean, Politics, Martin Luther King Jr., YouTube, Genocide
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Brown's budget proposal could sideline Glendale courthouse project
Plans for a new for a new $123.9-million courthouse in Glendale could get iced by Gov. Jerry Brown's latest budget proposal. His spending plan, unveiled Monday, freezes construction of new courthouses for one year, sharply cuts health and welfare...
Tags: Politics, YouTube, Jerry Brown, Public Finance, Government Debt
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Board guiding redevelopment agency transition gets off to a rocky start
Tensions were high Thursday at the first meeting of the committee charged with guiding the dissolution of Glendale's redevelopment agency. Board members were befuddled by their role and were unsure if they had the expertise to make decisions about the...Tags: Wage Contract Issues, Politics, Career and Workplace, Public Officials, Collective Contract
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Glendale Galleria revamp gets underway
Six months after getting the green light from city officials, Glendale Galleria management this week kicked off a comprehensive remodeling project, creating new entrances, facades, floors, escalators and seating at the 36-year-old mall. The work will...
Tags: Politics, Public Officials, Nordstrom, General Growth Properties Inc., Target
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Glendale attempts to find 'new normal' amid steep budget cuts
As officials started the arduous process on Monday of figuring out how to close a projected $15.4-million budget gap, City Manager Scott Ochoa warned that Glendale was facing a “new normal” — and it’s not pretty. Last year, when...Tags: Politics, Employees, Career and Workplace, Budgets and Budgeting, Civil and Public Service
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First board meeting exposes lingering rifts over wind-down of redevelopment
Tensions were high Thursday at the first meeting of the committee charged with guiding the dissolution of Glendale’s redevelopment agency. Board members were befuddled by their role and were unsure if they had the expertise to make decisions...Tags: Wage Contract Issues, Politics, Career and Workplace, Public Officials, Collective Contract
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Annual Cruise Night to be scaled back this year
Cruise Night — the annual event in which hotrods and custom and classic cars take over downtown Glendale — will be scaled back this summer after officials this week decided to more than halve the event's budget. The $103,000 required to...
Tags: Politics, Manufacturing and Engineering, Economy, Business and Finance, Automotive Equipment, Companies and Corporations
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Report urges delay in bullet-train funding decisions
The plan to build a bullet train has so many funding uncertainties and so many other details that remain unclear that the state should delay any decision this year to commit billions of dollars to the project, the nonpartisan research branch of the...
Tags: Politics, Jerry Brown, Executive Branch, Los Angeles Times
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