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AEG and Glendale to Sign Arena Agreement
Tradition dies hard for hockey people, this year is no exception. As vacation time approaches for people with kids, arena season is ramping up fast in Glendale. The Glendale City Council will meet tonight (April 26, 2016) to approve a new arena management contract with AEG. The agreement will be unanimously approved despite hauntingly familiar…
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If The Mouth Is Moving
If you haven’t seen the American version of “House of Cards” on Netflix, you should find a way to check it out. The parallels to real world US politics are chilling and it’s highly entertaining. Watch a couple episodes and you’ll be convinced that deception is the true art of politics. If a politician’s mouth is moving… It’s The Truth,…
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Westgate Parking Garage
There are plans afoot for Glendale to build a $46 million Westgate parking garage. Critics of the parking garage project abound.
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Rules Aren’t for Hirsch
You would think receiving a letter that levied a $75,000 fine against your organization would get your attention and maintain it for awhile. In the case of the chairman and treasurer of three Glendale political committees? Not so much. File The Reports Independent expenditure (IE) and political action committees (PAC) must file campaign finance reports for every…
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As a Matter of Fact, Facts Matter
There’s a bit of misinformation floating around that should be cleared up. Coyotes and Glendale Payments The following from a local blog: The Coyotes payment of $1M bond and the city quarterly arena management payment of $3.75M are linked together and are to be paid concurrently. Neither has been paid to date. The Coyotes paid…
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Wow, That’s A Stretch!
Glendale First!, Bea Wyatt, and I (among others) were the subject of a recent derogatory blog post punctuated by a plethora of question marks. When you’re in public life, the best advice is clearly to ignore inflammatory personal posts, to let them enjoy a couple days of extra clicks as they fade back into the background noise. “Discipline over…