Hello Friends and Neighbors,

Thank you to everyone who showed up at the recent City Council meeting. Your presence mattered—and it was noticed.  Fabulous articles along with numerous letters to the editor in our local San Gabriel Valley Examiner.

What residents witnessed was nothing less than a deliberate political power grab.

The same four Glendora City Council members who pushed through the High-Rise Vision Plan—Mendel Thompson, David Fredendall, Shaunna Elias, and Karen Davis—have now abandoned a decades-long mayoral rotation tradition. They did so for one clear reason: to block Councilmember Michael Allawos, the only council member who did not vote for the Vision Plan, from becoming mayor.

This was not a coincidence.

This was not a routine procedure.

This was retaliation against dissent—and a calculated move to consolidate control.

For more than 45 years, Glendora’s mayoral rotation has served as a cornerstone of fairness, transparency, and democratic balance. Eliminating it at the precise moment it would elevate the lone council member who stood with residents against high-rise overdevelopment sends a chilling message: disagree with the majority, and you will be sidelined.

Residents are rightfully outraged. Conversations about recalling Council Members Thompson, Fredendall, Elias, and Davis are growing—not out of spite, but out of necessity. When elected officials repeatedly ignore overwhelming public opposition, silence community voices, and manipulate long-standing norms to advance their own agendas, accountability becomes the only remaining tool.

This is not politics as usual.

This is about who Glendora belongs to: its residents—or a small group of officials advancing personal and developer-driven priorities.

Glendora deserves leadership that honors tradition, respects public input, and represents the people—not power plays made behind closed doors.

Stay tuned. You will soon hear more about additional decisions being shaped out of public view—decisions that directly affect you and our community.

We the residents of Glendora do make a difference, we are paying attention.   Be sure to share the petition there are still thousands of neighbors unware of what is being attempted in our city.