CA State Assembly candidate to meet with Pasadena Armenian communitySeptember 28, 2011 - 15:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - State Assembly candidate and Pasadena City Councilman Chris Holden will meet with the local Armenian community on Thursday, September 29, in Altadena, CA. Holden, who has served as a councilman for 22 years, is a candidate for the state Assembly seat representing District 41. He will meet members of the community to address questions and concerns that they have. The event is being sponsored by the Armenian Community Coalition, Pasadena Star News reported. Chris Holden (b. July 19, 1960) has served as a member of the Pasadena City Council for the past 15 years, including briefly serving as mayor in the 1990's. Holden graduated from San Diego State University in 1982, with a bachelor's degree in business. He then ran for the Pasadena City Council but was not elected. Four years later, he won election and has served on the council since. Top stories Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. In 2023, the Azerbaijani government will increase the country’s defense budget by more than 1.1 billion manats ($650 million). The bill, published on Monday, is designed to "eliminate the shortcomings of an unreasonably broad interpretation of the key concept of "compatriot". The earthquake caused a temporary blackout, damaged many buildings and closed a number of rural roads. Partner news | Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. Ucom launches network modernization efforts in few regions of Armenia In particular, on March 28, the legacy Mobile Switching Subsystem will be replaced with a new one. |