Morning briefing -- April 5, 2007
Good morning ...
- Eugene Tong explains the back story to the twists and turns of the Glendale elections.
He writes ...
How did the best-financed incumbent lose his City Council seat, a mayor widely believed to be vulnerable retain his and a community advocate who once fell short of a win emerge as top vote-getter?
For Glendale City Hall pundits, Tuesday night's surprising election results could be rooted in an odd political convergence: a strong grass-roots campaign by the newly elected John Drayman, who rode an anti-incumbent tide into office, coupled with a miscalculation from those counting on Armenian politics to win the day.
- More news about the Gyumri Mayor shooting in Armenia ... The chief of Armenian police vows to find and punish those responsible for the attempted killing of Gyumri Mayor Vartan Ghukasian armeniandiaspora.com
- An annoucement of the April 24, 2007 events marking the 92nd Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.