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🌱 Glendale beats revenue forecast, but new taxes remain on the table

Glendale, California Patch AM: a 4 min read

Hello again Glendale! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Glendale beats revenue forecast, but new taxes remain on the table
  • Glendale doctor gets 15 years for Botox billing fraud
  • Glendale’s Armenian American Museum marks progress with its supporters

Also on today's calendar: Private Santa Mini Sessions Near Glendale | Family Christmas Photos and 10 more events.

Today's riddle: What is easy to get in to but hard to get out of? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Saturday: Plenty of sunshine, with a high of 86 and low of 61 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Sunday: Sunny and very warm, temps: high: 87, low: 60.
  • Monday: Mostly sunny and very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 60 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Glendale Beats Budget Target, Eyes New Revenue, Tax Streams (outlooknewspapers.com) — Glendale brought in $7.2 million more than projected for fiscal 2025-26, but officials say rising costs still threaten the city’s long-term budget. Councilmembers directed staff to explore cannabis taxes and expanded legal short-term rentals as revenue sources, while a November collection drive will target unpaid short-term rental taxes.
   

2. Botox Fraud Doctor Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for $45M Medicare Scheme (blogspot.com) — Glendale doctor Violetta Mailyan has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for a Medicare fraud scheme involving more than $45 million in Botox billings. Trial evidence showed she billed for injections while her clinic was closed and while vacationing. The court also ordered nearly $33 million in restitution.
   

3. Armenian American Museum Honors Donors at Glendale Appreciation Reception (outlooknewspapers.com) — With construction continuing in Glendale’s Arts and Entertainment District, Armenian American Museum leaders thanked major donors at an Oct. 28 reception. They reviewed progress since the 2021 groundbreaking and emphasized continued support for completing the museum, which will include exhibitions, an auditorium and learning spaces.
   

4. A city worker was emptying trash cans at a California park when they found a live 4-foot python curled up in one, and no one knows who put it there (attackofthefanboy.com) — A Glendale maintenance worker found an unexpected occupant while checking trash cans at Brand Park: a four-foot ball python. An animal control officer took the snake to Pasadena Humane, where it is safe in a temperature-controlled enclosure. Officials have not determined how it reached the park or who owned it.
   

5. Remy's Ratatouille Adventure hides Disney Imagineering's address (piratesandprincesses.net) — Disney Imagineering's Glendale headquarters gets a playful nod inside EPCOT's Remy's Ratatouille Adventure: a spilled pasta box hides its Flower Street address. A new behind-the-scenes video highlights the prop, which also helps conceal the transition between physical scenery and screens following the ride's switch from 3D to 2D.
   

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Ok Glendale! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is easy to get in to but hard to get out of?" — Trouble (Thank you Candice H. for sending it in!)
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