ARMENIAN COUNCIL OF AMERICA
440 W. Colorado Blvd. Suite 202
Glendale, CA 91203
Tel: 818-502-6580
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PRESS RELEASE
March 1, 2005
Contact: Peter Darakjian
818-254-7391 ACA Announces Endorsements For Glendale Elections
GLENDALE – For the upcoming Glendale City Municipal elections on April
5th, the Armenian Council of America, a political action committee, on
Tuesday March 1st, 2005, announced its endorsement of current Glendale
City Mayor Bob Yousefian, Council Member Frank Quintero, Glendale
Community College Trustee Ara Najarian and Glendale community activist
Garry Sinanian, for the four city council seats.
For Glendale City Clerk’s office and City treasurer’s office, the ACA
is endorsing city employee Paulette Mardikian and incumbent treasurer
Ronald Borucki respectively.
The ACA also announced its endorsement of Board President Greg
Krikorian and Board Member Chakib `Chuck’ Sambar for two of three open
seats in the Glendale Unified School District Governing Board
elections.
As for the Glendale Community College Board of Trustees elections the
ACA is giving open endorsement without specifying any individual
candidate.
`In the past few months, the election endorsement sub committee,
interviewed and carefully studied the agenda of the candidates,’
stated ACA Executive Director Mr. Peter Darakjian, `we feel these
individuals are best suited to represent the Glendale community, and
that is why it is important that the Armenian-American community
mobilize and vote for these individuals in the April 5th elections.’
ACA board chairman Mr. Vasken Khodanian stated; `with so many
individuals running, we felt it necessary to endorse candidates who we
have worked with before in different capacities and believe that will
better represent the needs of our community.’
Besides endorsing above officials, ACA is also actively engaged in
educating the mass about the importance of voting and urges every
citizen to fulfill his/her civic duty.
The Armenian Council of America is a grassroots organization dedicated
to educating the Armenian-American community in local political
affairs, as well as actively pursuing Armenian-American participation
in their respective local governments.