Armenian National Committee of Hollywood
1611 North Kenmore Avenue
Hollywood, California 90027
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PRESS RELEASE
March 25, 2010
Contact: Thora Giallouri
ANC HOLLYOOD CONGRATULATES NEIGHBORHOOD COUNCIL ELECTION WINNERS
HOLLYWOOD, CA—On March 20th, Christina Khanjian, Sam Kbushyan and Shahan
Suzmeyan were elected to the Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council and
East Hollywood Neighborhood Council.
Based on unofficial results, the first count of votes shows it was a big win
for GGPNC- District B candidate Christina Khanjian who was the third highest
vote getter in the field of candidates. Mrs. Khanjian was running as a part
of a 10-person slate that proved very successful as all the members of the
slate was elected. It was the first time in the history of GGPNC that so
many voters showed up to the polls to elect their neighborhood
representatives.
"The ANC of Hollywood would like to congratulate Christine and all the
candidates that won. We look forward to working with all the members of the
Greater Griffith Park Neighborhood Council, as well as other Neighborhood
Councils whose decisions affect the Armenian-American community in the
greater Hollywood area", says Elli Menounou, ANC Hollywood Community
Relations chair.
In the East Hollywood Neighborhood Council elections 2 out of the 4
Armenian-American candidates were elected. Sam Kbushyan was re-elected as
the Business Representative and Shahan Suzmeyan, a first time candidate, was
elected as the Little Armenia East Representative.
"It was a bittersweet victory in East Hollywood" said Rostom Sarkissian,
chair of the ANC Hollywood. "On one hand, we congratulate two very capable
Armenian-Americans who were elected, but on the other hand we lost the
intelligent voice of Lucy Varpetian and Edgar Makhshikyan was defeated in
the Little Armenia West District." Sarkissian continued, "Saturday’s
elections are a message to our community that if we don’t vote, we will lose
our voice".
The Armenian National Committee of Hollywood advances the social, economic,
cultural, and political rights of the area’s Armenian American community and
promotes increased Armenian American civic participation at the grassroots
and public policy levels.