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Covers:  community issues, local government, Glendale city council
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Julie Butcher’s Biography

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Somehow, I always end up at a City Hall.

I cover the Glendale city council and community issues for the Crescenta Valley Weekly. Read me most Thursdays.

Find me in the garden. Or with the grands. Or arguing politics.

Julie Butcher’s Journalist Portfolio

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Appeal Denied in Foothill Boulevard & New York Avenue Project - Part 2

Appeal Denied in Foothill Boulevard & New York Avenue Project - Part 2

In this week's issue of CV Weekly, we report on more comments shared at the June 3 meeting of the Glendale Pl…

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Conversation with Outgoing Councilmember Ara Najarian

Conversation with Outgoing Councilmember Ara Najarian

"When I first ran for office, we had to actually discuss issues," Glendale Councilmember Ara Najarian said in…

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Responding to Pending Implementation of SB79

Responding to Pending Implementation of SB79

Much of Tuesday night's meeting of the Glendale City Council centered around how the city can best respond to…

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Appeal Denied in Foothill Boulevard & New York Avenue Project -- Part I

Appeal Denied in Foothill Boulevard & New York Avenue Project -- Part I

"I'm not a professional speaker. I'm not a city planner, a civil engineer or a real estate attorney. But I am…

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Groundbreaking for BRT

Groundbreaking for BRT

"Sometimes the decision to improve the quality of life for a community is unpopular," Glendale Councilmember …

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Council Discusses Pros, Cons of La Crescenta Avenue Project

Council Discusses Pros, Cons of La Crescenta Avenue Project

Early in Tuesday night's uncharacteristically short meeting of the Glendale City Council, Councilmember Varta…

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Articles

Save Us From Villanueva. We Need A New Sheriff in Town.

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By Julie Butcher
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Details Julie Butcher 09 May 2022 I agree, wholeheartedly. I voted for Jim McDonnell, a fair and decent manager in the LAPD, particularly dealing with the civilian workers I represented. But ballots are in the mail for the June 7th election and ABAV is not on the ballot. If AV is to become ‘the former guy,’ someone needs to beat him. He needs to get beat.
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The Butcher Shop

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By Julie Butcher
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“A city is a place where there is no need to wait for next week to get the answer to a question, to taste the food of any country, to find new voices to listen to and familiar ones to listen to again.” ~ Margaret Mead In our part of La Crescenta, I can annoy my neighbors by reminding them we live in Glendale. No, they say, we live in La Crescenta. Or Montrose. Or Verdugo City. Never Glendale.
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Reading through the Pandemic

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By Abbi Waxman, Julie Butcher
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“Well, you know what they say. Trauma is the best salsa.” ~ Abbi Waxman, The Garden of Small Beginnings I’m gonna read 100 books this year. I’ve always been a reader. I was an English major, for Pete’s sake, have cherished the epithet like a, well, epithet. But since I tested positive in early May (asymptomatic may be my all-time favorite word), I’ve been reading like I’d hoped retirement reading to be.
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Have you ever used a typewriter?

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I'm a writer, or so I think. And preternaturally curious. So. Reporter.
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