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- ↑ "Glendale, CA City Council". ourcampaigns.com. April 3, 2001. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ↑ "Mayors of Glendale, 1921-2012". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ↑ Ofgang, Kenneth (March 6, 2015). "Court Upholds Judgment for Glendale in Suit Over Lawyer's Arrest". metnews.com. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
