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Aramazd Stepanian, candidate for Glendale City Council
Contact Aramazd Stepanian by emailMy reason for running in this election is to bring about an all-encompassing change, or at least to begin a discourse to seek a philosophy of life and (city) government that is fundamentally different from that with which we live and govern ourselves by currently. This, rather than detailed knowledge of specific city management issues is what we need to concentrate on at this election. We should choose candidates who will be able to recognize and embrace new models of government and social, economic and cultural life. It bears stating and repeating that our current policies- whether international, national, or Glendale local- have brought us to the edge of the precipice of total economic collapse, which may, in all likelihood, be followed by social upheavals and unrest normally seen in other countries with less stable governments and systems. The utter reliance on business and finance as the way and the solution for everything has proven to be disastrously wrong. "Less government so you could be free to do what you do best" has led to many large corporations, business owners, bankers, financiers, landlords and the like to feel absolutely free to do what they do best: exploit everyone and everything for their material gain. We must recognize as disingenuous and false the slogan, "Less taxes so you can keep your money in your pocket and spend it on the things that you know are best for you." By weakening the government, by stacking government and legislative bodies with political yes-men who are totally beholden to wealthy and powerful interests, we have emasculated the very proponent of checks and balances, diminishing its ability or willingness to monitor and regulate political, economic and social activity for the benefit of all the people rather than a tiny minority. I don't suggest that government and taxes are the solution. They are not, unless we can have democratic control over them. In any country, any society or any city, one or more section of the people, or one or more types of organizations and institutions can become more powerful than others, and as we know "Power Tends to Corrupt (and Absolute Power Tends to Corrupt Absolutely.)" Whether the powerful and corrupt entity is the government, the unelected bureaucracy, the legislature, the judiciary, the media, the business community, the unions, one ethnic group or another, the police, the army, or more dangerously combinations of two or more of these groups, it becomes essential for the ordinary people to challenge the prevailing status, and if need be to fight back and wrest control from those who would abuse it. Aramazd Stepanian 818-545-4005 The Glendale City Elections take place on April 7, 2009.SOME SLOGANSOn April 7th:
If you Don't Think We Need to Think Less of the Preservation and Enrichment of our own Immediate Neighborhoods and
Think More of All Neighbors and Neighborhoods, then DON'T FOR ME! Don't Vote for Me if you Think Attracting More Businesses to Glendale Will Solve Almost All of Our Problems. Don't Vote for Me if you Don't Think We Need Rent Control in Glendale. Don't Vote for Me if you Don't Think We Need to Turn Our Community College into a University- Perhaps
Begining with One Faculty Specializing in New and Green Technologies and Sciences. Don't Vote for Me if you Don't Think We Need More Science, Arts, Sports, Youth Activities, Public Entertainment Centers and Venues in Glendale.
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