"Glendale is a better
city than it was four years ago," were the words spoken by Ara Najarian at the first
candidate's forum
sponsored by the Unified Young Armenians at the Central library on Sunday.
"I worked very hard in the
last four years to make
Apparently Mr.
Najarian spends his time with government employees
who haven't missed an
annual Cost of Living Allowance (COLA) increase since he was elected in 2005.
Somehow or other Najarian missed the large number of
foreclosures, disconnects by GWP, loss of sales tax revenue and the end of
development. He hasn't seen the
homeless, the unemployed and the attorney's that can't pay their rent in Class A
buildings. There must be a disconnect from reality.
For the first time out on such an ambitious project the Unified Young Armenians
did an excellent job even providing a translator for the mixed audience.