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Three candidates vying for Burbank City Clerk in November 8 Election 2022

By Fronnie Lewis on Thursday, November 3, 2022

For the first time in a decade, Burbank is getting a new City Clerk. Voters will decide who that will be in the upcoming November 8 election. The position opened up when City Clerk, Zizette Mullins, decided not to run for re-election but for a seat on the city council instead. The City Clerk is a vital position at Burbank City Hall. Above all, the City Clerk’s Office is responsible for informing the public about official actions in city government. The City Clerk’s Office handles many other duties including voter outreach,... Read More →

Tags: Burbank, Burbank City Clerk, Campaign 2022, candidates, Elections

Media City Buzz: Big changes ahead for Burbank as a second councilmember bows out of the 2022 election

By Fronnie Lewis on Tuesday, August 23, 2022

Mayor Jess Talamantes’ decision not to run for re-election opens the door for big changes in Burbank. Over the years, many residents have burned my ears with complaints about the city council and how it handles major issues and controversies. It’s a fact; City Council votes affect the quality of life of the 100-thousand plus people who call the Media City home. Most residents rarely think about the five elected officials on the city council. That is, until they are directly impacted by street parking battles, development expansion, or perhaps... Read More →

Tags: Burbank, Burbank City Council, candidates, Councilmember Bob Frutos, Councilmember Nick Schultz, Councilmember Sharon Springer, Elections, Mayor Jess Talamantes, Vice Mayor Konstantine Anthony

Three seats for the Burbank school board on the ballot

By Fronnie Lewis on Monday, October 26, 2020

Three incumbents on the Burbank Board of Education are facing a tough challenger in the November General Election. There are three school board seats up for election on the Burbank ballot. Running for re-election are Dr. Armond Aghakhanian, Steve Ferguson, and Roberta Reynolds. The challenger is an experienced middle school teacher with a doctorate in education, Emily Weisberg. In a recent candidates forum, Weisberg held her own against the incumbents. During the forum, the candidates were quizzed on a variety of subjects. Among the topics funding,... Read More →

Tags: Burbank, campaign 2020, candidates, General Municipal Election

Three contenders vying for Burbank Treasurer

By Fronnie Lewis on Monday, October 26, 2020

Current Burbank City Treasurer, Krystle Palmer, is facing two challengers in the November General Municipal Election. The Burbank City Council appointed Palmer as treasurer back in August 2019. Palmer took over for Debbie Kukta who left to become the assistant superintendent of administrative services for the Burbank Unified School District. The candidates are competing to see who will finish out the two years remaining on Kukta’s term. Palmer’s challengers are Darin Shea, local businessman and investor, and Lindsey Francois, product development engineer. All three candidates have statements in the official... Read More →

Tags: Burbank, Burbank City Treasurer, campaign 2020, candidates, General Municipal Election

Burbank city council race 2020 off to a fast start

By Fronnie Lewis on Friday, August 7, 2020

Some candidates for the Burbank City Council are off to a fast start. Yard signs are popping up. And fundraising is in full swing. Officially the race for two seats on the council began on May 3, 2020, when potential candidates were allowed to begin fundraising. Next, the nomination period opened on July 13, 2020 and is scheduled to close today, August 7. However, candidates wanting to submit nomination papers for the city council race will have an extra few days. That is because incumbent City Council Member, Emily Gabel-Luddy,... Read More →

Tags: Burbank City Council, candidates, November 3 General Election

Photo: FLLewis / Media City G -- Election workers at Burbank City Hall April 11, 2017

Frutos and Springer lead in early returns for two Burbank City Council seats

By Fronnie Lewis on Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Incumbent Bob Frutos and challenger, Sharon Springer, are holding down the top two spots in the early returns for two seats on the Burbank City Council. It was a busy evening at Burbank City Hall last night for election workers. The only race on the ballot, a run-off for the city council seats. The interest in the run-off has been strong. The final tally for the February 28, 2017 primary, 10, 902 ballots. Last night’s total for the general election 11,142 and there are still more ballots to be counted.... Read More →

Tags: ballots, Burbank elections 2017, candidates, Councilman Bob Frutos, Councilman Dr. David Gordon, Juan Guillen, Sharon Springer

Photo: FLLewis / Media City G -- Burbank General Election 2017 ballot

Burbank General Election 2017 ballots, candidates, and controversies

By Fronnie Lewis on Monday, April 10, 2017

The candidates are heading into the home stretch for tomorrow’s Burbank General Election. This is a mail-in ballot only election with four city council candidates in a run-off for two seats. The contenders are Juan Guillen, Sharon Springer, and council members Dr. David Gordon and Bob Frutos. As of last Friday April 7, “… approximately 7, 500 ballots, as compared to the 2015 General Municipal Election, (when) we had approximately 6,600 ballots at this time,” according to City Clerk, Zizette Mullins. By today, Monday, April 10, the number of ballots... Read More →

Tags: Burbank elections 2017, candidates, Councilman Bob Frutos, Councilman David Gordon, Juan Guillen, Sharon Springer

Photo: FLLewis / Media City G -- Burbank City Clerk, Zizette Mullins, at City Hall as the ballots were counted on primary election night Tuesday, February 28, 2017

City Clerk releases final results of 2017 Burbank Primary Election

By Fronnie Lewis on Friday, March 3, 2017

Late today, Burbank City Clerk, Zizette Mullins, released the final results of the 2017 primary election. Per a new Burbank election code, the city clerk’s office could accept mail-in ballots postmarked on or before primary election day, February 28, up until noon on Friday. Mullins says they received approximately 900 additional ballots, which needed to be processed today. By 10:35 p.m. last Tuesday, 9,903 ballots had been sorted and counted. Just before 5 p.m. this evening, the final results of the primary were announced. In the final tally, veteran Councilman-now-Mayor,... Read More →

Tags: Burbank elections 2017, candidates, city council, Elections, school board, votes

Photo: FLLewis / Media City G -- Sharon Springer for Burbank City Council sign spotted in 300 block of South Griffith Park Drive Burbank January 5, 2017

City Buzz: 2017 campaigns, events, and candidates

By Fronnie Lewis on Tuesday, January 10, 2017

The candidates are off and running in the 2017 Burbank Primary Election. Political signs started popping up in yards and on storefronts several weeks ago, despite the long-standing Burbank taboo against it. During the 2015 campaign, candidate/realtor/planning board member, Chris Rizzotti, blew off that antiquated custom of no political signs before Christmas, by allowing his supporters to display his signs for city council as early as November 2014! Rizzotti considered running for council again, but so far has not pulled papers. Still, he has had an impact on... Read More →

Tags: Burbank elections 2017, candidates, political campaigns

Photo: FLLewis / Media City G --Burbank Mayor Jess Talamantes at city council meeting October 11, 2016

City Buzz: Mayor’s health episode and city election candidates

By Fronnie Lewis on Monday, December 5, 2016

Burbank Mayor, Jess Talamantes, suffered a health episode over the weekend. After attending the Mayor’s Tree Lighting ceremony on the steps of Burbank City Hall last Saturday night, December 3, the councilman reportedly went to dinner at Don Cuco restaurant on East Orange Avenue. It is there that the mayor started feeling some discomfort, went to the men’s room, and collapsed! At 8:30 p.m. paramedics reportedly transported Talamantes to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center over at Buena Vista Street and Alameda Avenue. It was determined the mayor had a syncopal... Read More →

Tags: Burbank, Burbank elections 2017, candidates, Elections, Health, Mayor Jess Talamantes

Photo: FLLewis / Media City G -- Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton at first presidential debate in New York September 26, 2016

Campaign 2016: Debates, polls, and the candidates

By Fronnie Lewis on Tuesday, October 4, 2016

As the vice-presidential candidates, Democrat, Tim Kaine, and Republican, Mike Pence, prepare for their first and only debate tonight, there is still plenty of fallout from the debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton last month. The presidential debate or rumble at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York back on September 26, was a much-anticipated face off between two candidates carrying their own bag of negatives and positives. When it was over, many — not including Trump, felt Clinton managed to downplay her negatives and come out the winner of the... Read More →

Tags: Campaign 2016, candidates, debates, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence, polls, Tim Kaine

Photo courtesy Hillary Clinton Twitter account

Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton in the Southland today

By Fronnie Lewis on Monday, February 22, 2016

Presidential candidate, Hillary Clinton. is in the Southland today, fundraising and drumming up support for her campaign for the White House. Clinton is set to appear at an event at a home in Studio City this afternoon, the first of several appearance. Then later this evening, the former secretary of state is the main attraction at a reception hosted by Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti, at the Hancock home of “Maze Runner” (2014) movie producer, Ellen Goldsmith-Vein. Tickets reportedly start at $1,000 per person. Yesterday Clinton... Read More →

Tags: Campaign 2016, campaigns, candidates, Hillary Clinton, Southland

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Election News: Final 2015 Burbank General Election results

By Fronnie Lewis on Friday, April 17, 2015

Today Burbank City Clerk, Zizette Mullins, announced the final results of last Tuesday’s general election. All ballots have been counted and verified — the total 11,032. That represents 18.1 percent of the ballots mailed out to the 60,853 eligible voters in Burbank. That is about the same number cast in the 2013 Burbank General Election (11, 161). How many late ballots came in after Tuesday’s 7 p.m. deadline? Mullins told Media City Groove, “approximately 25 ballots” were received after the deadline. As the city clerk has explained... Read More →

Tags: ballots, Burbank elections 2015, candidates, election results, Elections

Preliminary results of the city council race in the 2015 Burbank General Election April 14, 2015

More comments from candidates in 2015 Burbank General Election

By Fronnie Lewis on Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Both Juan Guillen and Chris Rizzotti missed the cut in the runoff for two seats on the Burbank City Council. Will Rogers and incumbent, Emily-Gabel-Luddy, received the most votes in yesterday’s general election. However, Guillen and Rizzotti are still upbeat about their campaigns and Burbank voters. Here are the statements they sent to Media city Groove this morning. Third place: Juan Guillen 4, 514 votes 24.4% “With my head held high I bid farewell to a campaign that enabled me to reach out to... Read More →

Tags: ballots, Burbank elections 2015, candidates, Elections, political campaigns

Photo: FLLewis / Media City G -- Re-elected Burbank city council member, Emily Gabel-Luddy dropped by City Hall to savor her victory April 14, 2015

Burbank General Election 2015: Winners and losers

By Fronnie Lewis on Wednesday, April 15, 2015

The race for two seats on the city council in yesterday’s Burbank General Municipal Election was a hard-fought battle. No one knows that better than incumbent Emily Gabel-Luddy who admitted she had to fight to keep her seat for a second term: ” It was important to take it seriously — work to the very end.” On Election night at City Hall, the ballot count zipped right along after the 7 p.m. deadline and was a done deal less than three hours later. Will Rogers, the candidate who claims to... Read More →

Tags: ballots, Burbank, Burbank elections 2015, candidates, Elections

Photo: FLLewis / Media City G -- (l-r) Burbank City Council candidates Juan Guillen, Will Rogers, Emily Gabel-Luddy, and Chris Rizzotti gathered for photos after the forum at the Buena Vista Library March 25, 2015

City council candidates shine at Burbank forum

By Fronnie Lewis on Friday, March 27, 2015

A strong showing by all four of the Burbank City Council candidates at a forum held last Wednesday, March 25, at the Buena Vista Library in Burbank. Juan Guillen, Will Rogers, Emily Gabel-Luddy, and Chris Rizzotti are campaigning hard in a runoff for two seats on the Burbank City Council. The forum was sponsored by the Burbank Chamber of Commerce. The moderator, Gary Olson, is president of the organization. Olson asked a good series of questions about issues and controversies from the Bob Hope Airport opportunity site to the Talaria project to... Read More →

Tags: Buena Vista, Burbank, Burbank elections 2015, candidates, Elections, forums

Photo: FLLewis/Media City G -- Buena Vista Library 300 North Buena Vista Street in Burbank

Burbank City Council candidates’ forum tomorrow night

By Fronnie Lewis on Tuesday, March 24, 2015

The four city council candidates in the April 14, 2015 Burbank General Municipal will face-off at a forum tomorrow night. The candidates will appear on a panel at the Buena Vista Library 300 North Buena Vista Street in Burbank at 7:30 p.m. The contenders are incumbent Emily Gabel-Luddy, Will Rogers, Juan Guillen, and Chris Rizzotti. They are vying for two open seats on the city council. The forum is sponsored by the Burbank Chamber of Commerce. Chamber President, Gary Olson, will moderate the forum. Besides opening and... Read More →

Tags: Burbank, Burbank Chamber of Commerce, Burbank elections 2015, Burbank Library, candidates, Elections, forums

Burbank election 2015 sign

2015 Burbank General Election endorsements

By Fronnie Lewis on Monday, March 23, 2015

The ballots for the April 14, 2015 Burbank General Municipal Election have begun arriving in the mailboxes and mail slots of the city’s registered voters. In the city council race there’s a run-off involving incumbent Emily Gabel-Luddy, Will Rogers, Juan Guillen, and Chris Rizzotti. Development is still the hot topic as we head into the final weeks of the campaign. Recently, the long simmering controversy surrounding overbuilt homes or McMansions came to a head at City Hall. Residents showed up in... Read More →

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Photo: FLLewis / Media City G -- Burbank City Clerk Zizette Mullins on Election Night February 24, 2015

Election News: Ballots go in mail and new meet & greet

By Fronnie Lewis on Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Ballots for the Burbank General Municipal Election are scheduled to go into the mail today. About 61, 000 ballot packets are being sent out to registered voters in the Media City. Again, the election is mail in ballot only. You have to return the ballot envelope in the mail or drop it off at one of the designated drop-off centers. There will not be voting at the polls for this election. During the ballot processing for last month’s primary, there was a problem with some voter signatures. City... Read More →

Tags: ballots, Burbank, Burbank elections 2015, candidates, Elections, forums, meet and greet, votes

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Election News: Forum, ballot order, and endorsements

By Fronnie Lewis on Saturday, March 14, 2015

A Burbank City Council candidates’ forum is coming up on Wednesday, March 25. Voters will get a chance to hear the four candidates, competing for two seats, discuss the issues and problems facing the city. The candidates who made it out of the primary and are now in a runoff incumbent Emily Gabel-Luddy, Will Rogers, Juan Guillen, and Chris Rizzotti. The forum is sponsored by the Burbank Chamber of Commerce and will be held at the Buena Vista Library. Start time 7:30 p.m. Ballot Order... Read More →

Tags: ballots, Burbank City Council, Burbank elections 2015, Burbank School Board, candidates, Elections, endorsements, forums

Photo: FLLewis / Media City G -- Armond Aghakhanian at the League of Women Voters of Glendale/Burbank forum Burbank January 20, 2015

Election News: Burbank City Council members make endorsements

By Fronnie Lewis on Friday, March 6, 2015

Today Burbank School Board candidate, Dr. Armond Aghakhanian, announced the endorsement of Burbank City Council vice-mayor, Bob Frutos. On his Facebook page, Aghakhanian made the announcement and wrote, “I am truly honored and humbled for the level of support our campaign is receiving from our community. This includes Burbank community leaders and organizations.” Three other council members, Emily Gabel-Luddy, Jess Talamantes, and Gary Bric already have endorsed Aghakhanian. In the general election set for next month on April 14, Aghakhanian is up against Greg Sousa for the... Read More →

Tags: Burbank, Burbank City Council, Burbank elections 2015, Burbank School Board, candidates, Elections, endorsements

Photo: FLLewis / Media city G -- City Council candidate Juan Guillen in front of The Little White Chapel on North Avon Street in Burbank March 2, 2015

Political campaigns, thank-yous, and the Burbank General Election

By Fronnie Lewis on Monday, March 2, 2015

Political campaigns for the Burbank General Municipal Election shift into high gear this week. Some of the candidates in the run-off for either city council or school board are already back going door-to-door in various neighborhoods hoping to pick up some extra votes. I ran into city council candidate, Juan Guillen, at The White Chapel on Avon Street where the Burbank Coordinating Council meeting/luncheon was held today. Guillen finished in the top four in last Tuesday’s primary; therefore, he moves on to the general election. He admits it was “a... Read More →

Tags: Burbank, Burbank elections 2015, candidates, Elections, political campaigns

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