Local Election Clown Car Filling Up; Saving Parking Lots Key Issue

Election season is slowly gearing up in Glendale, and that means the clown car of candidates is starting to fill up! From rooftop jams to glamour shots to anti-bus and bike hysteria, we've got some real special people running for the three at-large seats on City Council this June.

It's true that in America, anyone can run for office (but should they?)

Among the issues:

• Saving the city-owned heritage parking lots™ of North Glendale from possibly being used for something other than cars.

  
  

• ExPENsIVE uTiliTY bILLs, even though the contentious rate hike was planned years ago due to decades of the City of Glendale and GWP failing to expand renewable energy alternatives to fossil fuels.

  
  

• NO BIKES, NO BUSES. WE MUST KEEP ALL THE CARS ON ALL THE ROADS ALL THE TIME.

Imagine watching neighbors getting kidnapped by ICE and making this your biggest issue.

Alternatives to unhinged candidates include Alek Bartrosouf for City Council. Councilman and former mayor Dan Brotman is running again too. No word yet on whether or not Elen Asatryan will run again.

City Clerk Suzie Abajian is running again (hopefully just to keep doing land acknowledgements to piss off Ara and Vartan). School board and GCC Trustees are also up for re-election.

GUSD candidates include parent and public health advocate Aileen Dinkjian, former student Shant Kevorkian, sitting board member Kathleen Cross, and sitting board member Ingrid Gunnell.