With one week to go, here's the state of play for Glendale's local elections.

3 weeks out from election day, ballots are out, and Glendale's wannabe politicos are using a wide array of tactics to attract voters... HOAs FEEL ATTACKED BY THE THE PEOPLE'S FORUM A coalition of local progressive groups hosted a People's Forum for City Council Candidates Monday evening. Although the event advertised that all candidates were invited, only three showed: incumbents Elen Asatryan and Dan Brotman, and the third on their progressive slate, newcomer Alek Bartousof.

Candidate for Glendale City Council and alleged private equity hospital profiteer sugar baby, Evelina Sarian, appears to have been charged with driving under the influence in March of 2023. Photograph stills taken from a publicly available video appear to show the arrest: Public records indicate Sarian, under her maiden name "Evelyne Poghosyan" was arrested on March 19, 2023. She appears to pled the original DUI charge down to the lesser "wet and reckless"-- "under California

The yard signs are up, the endorsements are in, and the MAGA clown car of candidates for our local Glendale races remains unmatched! MAGA CANDIDATES TAKE TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO BOOST EACH OTHER City Council candidates Alek Bartrosouf, Dan Brotman, and Elen Asatryan seem to be getting under the skin of local MAGA, who are increasingly active on Nextdoor clutching their pearls about the possibility of bike lanes and affordable housing. Local MAGA freaks Beth Brooks, Alex Balekian,

At last night's city council meeting, anti-picnic activist Ara Najarian ended his 4th tenure as "mayor," and viewers had to listen to him and his colleagues fall all over themselves to talk about how great he is and how well they all worked together (when he wasn't fearmongering about LGBTQ+ inclusive books in schools , accusing queer community members of crimes , or suing the city for not letting him be mayor when he wanted ). Ardy Kassakhian will be the next "mayor." (At

Readers forwarded us an email that appeared to be sent out by former County Supervisor Mike Antonovich, but was actually written by Louis William Barnett, Concerned Republican of Glendale and a life-long high-level party operative. Warning of "Socialists" in Glendale, the text rambled on about bike lanes (a right wing proxy for "woke" ), electric rates and public pensions. The message endorsed an extremist slate before inviting the recipient to a gathering in Oakmont. Barnet

Glendale City Council candidate Carolyn Kaloostian has flown under the radar so far during this election season. A quick look through social media suggests that she is part of the Alex Balekian and Lisa Cusack Glendale MAGA contingent. Like Balekian, she seems to be suggesting that being a doctor makes you a good city council candidate. Ah yes, working for a massive private healthcare system is EXACTLY like running local government! Like known MAGA extremists Balekian and C

Candidates running for city council, school board, and city clerk determined to keep the city safe from bike lanes and queer people.

Former GUSD Board Member Armina Gharpetian (and wife of Extremist-endorser Vartan Gharpetian!) took to social media last week to call for School Board candidates in her former trustee area.