The LA City Council Scandal | Ep No. 170 - Oct. 21, 2022

The LA City Council Scandal | Ep No. 170 - Oct. 21, 2022

Conversations on Groong

Guest:
* Ardashes ‘Ardy’ Kassakhian who is a Glendale City Councilman, and the current mayor of Glendale - TW/@ArdyKassakhian
* Adrin Nazarian is the California State Assemblymember from the 46th District, representing the San Fernando Valley - TW/@adrin_nazarian

Topics:
* On the LA City Council scandal and how to move forward
* On Paul Krekorian, elected LA City Council president
* On redistricting in the aftermath of the scandal
* On the effect of the scandal on the LA mayoral race
* On Armenia’s Situation in the South Caucasus
* On Armenia’s Negotiations with Azerbaijan
* On Turkish-Armenian “Normalization”

00:00:00 Intro
00:00:25 Intro to topic
00:00:47 Intro to guests
00:01:06 Greeting Ardy Kassakhian
00:01:06 Ardy Kassakhian on LA City Council Scandal
00:03:45 Ardy on Paul Krekorian
00:06:42 Ardy on Redistricting
00:12:05 Ardy on effect of the scandal on LA mayoral race
00:15:29 Ardy on the view from Glendale
00:19:17 Ardy on Armenia’s situation in the South Caucasus
00:23:12 Ardy on Armenia and negotiations with Azerbaijan
00:23:13 Ardy on Turkish-Armenian “Normalization”
00:25:37 Ardy Goodbye
00:25:55 Greeting Adrin Nazarian
00:26:11 Adrin Nazarian on LA City Council Scandal
00:31:27 Adrin on Paul Krekorian
00:34:15 Adrin on Redistricting
00:40:46 Adrin on effect of the scandal on LA mayoral race
00:42:42 Adrin on plans in public office
00:44:21 Adrin on Armenia’s situation in the South Caucasus
00:49:16 Adrin on Armenia and negotiations with Azerbaijan
00:51:37 Adrin on Turkish-Armenian “Normalization”
00:53:18 Adrin Goodbye
00:53:31 Closing Comments

Hosts:
* Asbed Bedrossian TW/@qubriq
* Hovik Manucharyan TW/@HovikYerevan

Episode 170 | Recorded: October 19 & 20, 2022
Show notes: https://groong.org/podcasts/CoG-20221021.html