Weekend Edition

Councilman Gus Gomez will appear on a special, 30-minute edition of "ABCTV Live with Vrej Agajanian" at 7:30 tonight on Charter Communications Channel 26. Agajanian will interview Gomez about his decision to campaign for Superior Court Judge in the March 2 election, despite telling voters he would not run for higher office before the April election. Viewers can ask questions during the show by calling 662-9222. "The question is that he promised earlier he would not seek another office," Agajanian said Saturday.

UCLA Live presents Will Shortz, revered crossword editor of The New York Times, puzzle master for National Public Radio's "Weekend Edition Sunday," star of the award-winning documentary "Wordplay" and the world's only academically accredited enigmatologist, in "An Evening with the Puzzle Master: Will Shortz." A legend among puzzle aficionados, Shortz will present a brain-stimulating and interactive program for all ages, discussing his lifelong passion for puzzles, answering questions and conducting audience-participation word games.

Regarding last weekend's From the Margins column, Patrick Azadian's "Fly-bys are going a bit too far," I have read several articles and letters concerning the Glendale Police helicopter presence trying to crackdown on speeders along Glenoaks Boulevard. I understand the noise concerns. But bravo to our Police Department for addressing the problem. The latest article written by Azadian was particularly shortsighted, in my opinion. Azadian stated that "drug pushers and wife beaters are worse than bad drivers," and that may be true, up to a point, but bad drivers can also kill innocent people.

I am writing in response to the Nov. 21 editorial, "More pedestrian injuries, and another editorial," in the Glendale News-Press. I truly agree with everything said about notifying our elected or appointed Glendale government officials to stop these acts of motorists hitting pedestrians in the crosswalk. However, I feel that I should share this information with you about trying to contact Glendale Police Chief Russell K. Siverling, who is a Glendale government official.

I wanted to address the front-page article and photograph of the weekend edition of your paper regarding the Pledge of Allegiance. What kind of teaching is going on in our schools when a third of the children visible were incorrectly placing their left hand over their chests? When I was a student, which was not too long ago, we recited the Pledge of Allegiance every morning with respect and pride while facing our flag. Sometimes this would be our most determined act of the school day at such an early age. We were graded on how well we recited the pledge, and were rewarded with the honor of standing next to the flag and leading our fellow classmates in reciting the pledge.

Area ministers have the opportunity to voice their views on various religion social issues raised by the Glendale News-Press each Saturday. That is good. I am reacting to particular statements of two of the six participating ministers regarding the subject "Taking the Christ out of Christmas" in the Dec. 10-11 weekend edition. It was very surprising to me to learn that two of the ministers do not think that there is a current attack on Christmas. Even though it is one of the discussion points when people come together these days.

I would like to take this opportunity to respond to your recent editorial, "Glendale's love affair with trees," which appeared in the Glendale News-Press Weekend edition, dated Aug. 5-6. I would like to take this opportunity to respond to your recent editorial, "Glendale’s love affair with trees," which appeared in the Glendale News-Press Weekend edition, dated Aug. 5-6. The city of Glendale has the distinction of being a "Tree City...

Quintero, Gomez have laid commitment down With his comment about the possibility that two councilmembers might run for a vacant Assembly seat in 2006, Councilman Dave Weaver sustains his reputation for looking at things through the wrong end of the telescope. He said, "These guys (Mayor Frank Quintero and Councilman Gus Gomez) are using Council as a stepping stone... I don't think that is representing the people when you're using that for higher office."

The remarks made in the letter written by Jim Hill and published in the Nov. 29 weekend edition of the Glendale News-Press are true (“Toll still in need of safety measures,” Mailbag): Speaking from my own experience, I have been trying to have the gate at Wilson Middle School at the alley emptying onto North Verdugo Road open for only limited periods of time. The school board response was to tell me of their “policy” of having the gate open for their “convenience.

You need only look at the numbers to see that Glendale has a serious problem. As we reported in our weekend edition, the number of pedestrians getting struck by cars in Glendale every year is frighteningly high. According to a report by the California Highway Patrol, the Jewel City had the fourth highest pedestrian fatality rate that year among California cities of its size. Three pedestrians were killed that year. Last year, five were killed. If those numbers don't seem impressive, consider that since 1996, 18 people walking in Glendale have been killed by cars, while 621 more were injured.

Councilman Gus Gomez will appear on a special, 30-minute edition of "ABCTV Live with Vrej Agajanian" at 7:30 tonight on Charter Communications Channel 26. Agajanian will interview Gomez about his decision to campaign for Superior Court Judge in the March 2 election, despite telling voters he would not run for higher office before the April election. Viewers can ask questions during the show by calling 662-9222. "The question is that he promised earlier he would not seek another office," Agajanian said Saturday.