Resignation

The former general manager of Glendale Water & Power, who resigned abruptly last month after city officials started investigating his double-billing for an industry conference, is calling the issue a mistake. Former General Manager Glenn Steiger on Monday acknowledged that he double-billed the city for expenses related to a conference he attended on behalf of another organization, but said his decision to resign May 23, a day after city officials inquired about the receipts, was coincidental.

The First Baptist Church of La Crescenta has announced that it has regretfully accepted the resignation of its senior pastor Rick Derbyshire. Pastor Derbyshire has accepted a call to a Baptist church in Littleton. Colo. In addition, his wife, Sue Derbyshire, has submitted her resignation as executive director of Avenues Pregnancy Center in Glendale so she can accompany her husband to his new position in Colorado. Pastor Derbyshire submitted his resignation at the church's board meeting last month.

Josh Kleinbaum A new principal for the seventh- and eighth-grade program in the La Canada Unified School District should be hired by Aug. 1, if administrators' plans go as expected. When Gaylene Van Zijll abruptly resigned earlier this month, the district considered transferring her duties to a vice principal. "Everyone is in concurrence at this time that it should be a principal position," Supt. Sue Leabo said at the school board meeting Tuesday night.

I might be wrong, but how many "new" council members were last elected? So this person was not aware of the time needed to do this job? OK, now the question. Is the newly elected person the only one asking for an increase in salary? This individual should (with good grace) write a letter of resignation. The remaining council members knew when they ran for re-election the pay plan entailed. They have a right to resign or serve out the remainder of their term, and chose to run for re-election or not. This will be their choice, made for themselves and their families.

GLENDALE — Tom Johnson, general manager of the Times Community News division, announced his resignation this week little more than two months after assuming the role of publisher of the Glendale News-Press, Burbank Leader, Crescenta Valley Sun and La Cañada Valley Sun. Johnson said he made the decision to resign last Friday in response to the new direction of the community news division he’s worked for and helped lead for the last...

amorosiFootball: Glendale High coach resigns Friday after just two seasons at the helm.GLENDALE -- Ted Amorosi's tenure as head football coach at Glendale High did not last long. After just two seasons at the helm, the 32-year-old turned in his resignation Friday, Glendale Unified School District Assistant Supt. Greg Franklin confirmed. Franklin would not say why Amorosi resigned. "All I can say is that he turned in his resignation," Franklin said. The Glendale News-Press called Amorosi three times, but the calls were not returned as of late Friday night.

NORTHEAST GLENDALE — The top executive at YWCA of Glendale will resign his post at the end of the week, the nonprofit announced Monday. Richard Burrell, a successful businessman who took over the troubled women’s oriented nonprofit more than six years ago, submitted his resignation, effective Friday, late last month and plans to return to his consulting career, officials said. Burrell, who was brought on to revamp the YWCA’s finances, said it was time for him to move on after accomplishing his mission.

amorosiFootball: Nitro supporters ask district if it'll allow Amorosi and Holmoe, who also resigned, to return to previous jobs.SOUTHEAST GLENDALE -- Three days after Ted Amorosi resigned as Glendale High's head football coach, more than 100 players and parents met with school and Glendale Unified School District officials to see if there was any way they could get their coach back. But Amorosi wasn't the only member of Glendale's athletic department who the Nitro supporters wanted to rescind their resignation.

Will Rogers As far as holidays go, the Fourth of July can be among the most depressing. Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays may remind us we're far from family. Valentine's Day can find us alone and feeling unloved. New Year's Eve serves as a benchmark to help us calculate exactly how many resolutions and goals we've failed to accomplish in the previous 12 months. But all those pitfalls can't match what Americans have to contend with on the fourth day of every July: squandered potential.

Last month, a handful of military doctors walked into the extravagant Harsnakar restaurant located in the outskirts of the Armenian capital of Yerevan and never managed to walk out. A violent fight over dress codes, allegedly with the restaurant's security guards, put all of them into the hospital with severe injuries. On June 29, Maj. Vahe Avetyan died after the beating, and an uproar across the country broke out. But civil society wasn't just outraged at the unnecessary death of a service man, the tragedy gave way for an awakening that sought to call the end to oligarchy, which runs rampant in the country.