Glendale will have only one Armenian council member
Krikorian reelected to school board

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Published : Friday April 10, 2009

Glendale, Calif. – Incumbents Ara Najarian and Frank Quintero and
challenger Laura Friedman were elected to Glendale City Council on
Tuesday, ending Bob Yousefian’s eight-year service on the body.

They will join Dave Weaver and John Drayman on the five-member City
Council after a swearing-in ceremony on April 20.

Each of the three winners garnered over 8,000 votes, while
Mr. Yousefian and Bruce Philpott won around 6,500 votes. There were
seven additional candidates, including five Armenian-Americans. An
estimated 40 percent of Glendale’s population is Armenian-American.

Ron Borucki was reelected as city treasurer, holding off a challenge
from former Glendale mayor Rafi Manoukian.

In the School Board race, voters reelected Greg Krikorian and Joylene
Wagner. At the same time they elected Christine Walters. Unlike the
incumbents, Ms. Walters and Eric Sahakian enjoyed the strong support
of the teachers’ union and the Armenian National Committee of Glendale
Political Action Committee.

Incumbents Armine Hacopian and Anita Quinonez Gabrielian were
reelected as trustees of Glendale Community College. Ann Hazel
Ransford was also elected. The other candidate was Vrej Agajanian.

City clerk Ardy Kassakhian, running unopposed, was reelected.

Polls were slow on Election Day in Glendale.