Morning Brief -- May 2, 2007
Back in the rabbit hole...
- The Armenian National Committe of American has form letter robot on its Web site calling for the resignation of Times editor Douglas Frantz over the Mark Arax -- Armenian Genocide flap. (Y'know, I heard about this last night, but didn't get around to updating the blog until now -- then next thing I know, it's up on LAObserved! There's a lesson in there somewhere...)
- Burbank City Council has ordered an audit of the Burbank Housing Corp., a public agency that rehabs old buildings into affordable housing. A seller who bought an eight-unit building on 261 W. Verdugo filpped it by reselling it to the agency for a $360,000 profit. The council, especiall Councilman David Golonski, is not pleased. Leader
- The Leader follows Monday's fire at the Burroughs High auditorium with word from some parents who heard school officials call it a false alarm when the alarms first went of, before calling for a real evacuation.
- Stale news -- Glendale Unified Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services Gregory Franklin was selected Monday to head the 9,100 student Los Alamitos School District. The point that most popped out for me is Franklin lives in BREA and has been commuting to work in GLENDALE for the past three years! Orange County Register
- More LA River wildlife video -- slimy crayfish on the squirm. Atwater Village Newbie
- Glendale Library blog is compiling a summer reading list -- send your suggestions here.