Big 3 Auto Bailout (2008)

In an effort to make oversight of the troubled DeBell Golf Club as transparent as possible, the City Council will schedule a special study session to discuss recently enacted reform measures. Councilman Dave Golonski on Tuesday lobbied for the meeting,...

Mike Pafford has a vested interest in ensuring that the struggling DeBell Golf Club gets back on solid ground. He’s played at the course since he was 11 years old. After pulling together some promotional ideas with fellow golfers, he was among...

In voting to hold off on going straight to a well-known nonprofit to help right the wayward ship of the DeBell Golf Club, the City Council encountered the lingering impact of public distrust. In recent years, the city-owned golf course has been running...

Those interested in turning around the DeBell Golf Course have until Friday to submit their qualifications as the city prepares to bring in an outside consultant for the job. Consulting firms interested in the job must submit a proposal outlining their...

City Council members this week decided to hire the National Golf Foundation to help resuscitate the struggling DeBell Golf Club, saying the nonprofit consultant was best suited for the job. The roughly $24,500 contract with the foundation’s...

After approving a $2-million bailout package for the flailing DeBell Golf Club that was “too big to fail,” the City Council this week handed down more of the same, this time cloaked as reform, by appointing an oversight committee saddled...

With the speeches over, Jess Talamantes was free to roam the crowd of thousands filling Olive Avenue. He’d already danced with Mickey and Minnie on the steps of City Hall, bantered with a band and weatherman Fritz Coleman, and now he was free for...

We are very concerned about what is going on in Burbank lately. These bonus payments since 2007 totaled $4 million to hundreds of city employees, and they will continue to be eligible because payouts are written into their contracts. This needs to be...

In this economic environment, if a business with a $718,215 operating deficit and no reserves asked a bank for a $2-million bailout package, the response would be a predictable one: “no.” But in the world of Burbank municipal business, the...