02-26-09, Letter from Herbert Molano to the Glendale News-Press Regarding Jason Wells’ Article on the Dunsmore Park Candidate Forum

Jason Wells (Glendale News-Press, February 26) presented a concise summary of the events at Wednesday's forum at Dunsmore Park's community room. Maybe too concise. I miss from those pages, however, the discussion I observed on the high utility rates and city's exorbitant employee salaries that continue to be exposed and for which there are three clear camps. Those who don't want to review the city's salary trends, those who want more government accountability, and those who are tentative.

Those who won't question the city's bloated salaries: Friedman, Quintero, Najarian, Lafian. Those who want to change them: Philpott, Kazazian, Stepanian and Yousefian. And those who are open to exploring accommodating solutions but don't find urgency in it: Gharpetian, Teahan.

If one of the biggest issues nationally, at the state level, and locally is a mounting public deficit, should we not be exposing the candidates' position as they expressed them at these forums? 

Herbert Molano