Have Latino residents in East Los Angeles become offended by a comment made by an Armenian American city council member in Glendale? From the looks of it, yes.

Earlier this week, while discussing a proposed plan to downsize the L.A. suburb's large business signs, Glendale city council member Ara Najarian was quoted as saying:

“It’s a matter of aesthetics...These signs are something you see in East L.A.”

And before you can say "whoops, I didn't mean it that way," a group of East L.A. residents has made plans to descend on Glendale's city council meeting tonight.

Angie Castro, a spokeswoman for Los Angeles County Supervisor Gloria Molina's office, said people were calling the supervisor's office to complain. "The residents who are calling feel that this is an insult to the East L.A. community," said Castro, who helped put out a press release about the planned protest. "They are asking for an apology."

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Un caballero awaiting the D.F. Metro? No, those trains aren't silver. It's just the Gold Line in East Los, where a man waits for the train to stop at the East L.A. Civic Center station.

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