TREASURER'S RACE A CONTEST THIS YEAR LAWYER RUNNING AGAINST INCUMBENT.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE - The city treasurer position will have its first real race in 20 years on April 5, when incumbent Ronald Borucki is challenged by attorney Phillip Kazanjian. In his capacity as treasurer for the past six years, Borucki has been the city's investment officer, managing a $550 million portfolio, as well as the city's banker, responsible for the receipt and disbursement DISBURSEMENT. Literally, to take money out of a purse. Figuratively, to pay out money; to expend money; and sometimes it signifies to advance money. 2. of all city funds. ``You cannot overestimate the importance of the city treasurer position,'' said city spokesman Ritch Wells. ``I think it's important for the voters to understand the importance of this position.'' The following are brief profiles of the candidates and what they would like to do as city treasurer: Name: Ronald Borucki Age: 52 Birthplace: Buffalo, N.Y. Marital status marital status, n the legal standing of a person in regard to his or her marriage state. : Married Children: 3 Education: University of Buffalo Career: Banking officer; current Glendale treasurer Campaign issues: Continue a conservative approach to fiscal policy given challenges like wars, recession, interest rates; continue to make treasury reports and city investment policy available on city's Web site. Phillip Kazanjian Age: 59 Birthplace: Visalia Marital status: Married Children: 1 Education: University of Southern California The U.S. News & World Report ranked USC 27th among all universities in the United States in its 2008 ranking of "America's Best Colleges", also designating it as one of the "most selective universities" for admitting 8,634 of the almost 34,000 who applied for freshman admission ; Lincoln University Lincoln University. 1 At Jefferson City, Mo.; coeducational; land-grant and state supported; founded 1866 as Lincoln Institute. The school was established for the education of freed slaves by members of the 62d and 65th U.S. Colored Regiments. School of Law in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden Career: Attorney; part-time instructor at Glendale Community College Glendale Community College can refer to one of two colleges in the United States.
Campaign issues: Make the Treasurer's Office more open and transparent; be accountable to residents; hold seminars to educate residents about money. |
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