Posted on 07/03/2007 7:21:18 AM PDT by truthkeeper
A battle over the integrity of the election process is coming to a head this week in Lynwood, where the City Council has defied the Los Angeles County registrar-recorder and refused to set a date for a recall election targeting four of its members.
The registrar-recorder's office concluded in June that there were enough signatures on recall petitions to force a special election for the four officials, two of whom were recently indicted on public corruption charges.
But when Lynwood's elected city clerk tried to certify the recall petition, the City Council voted to strip her of all election duties, appointing its own election official to take up the matter.
The city clerk gave the petitions to the Sheriff's Department, which has rejected the City Council request to review the documents.
"The only way they're getting them is either by a request from the elected city clerk or by a court order," said Capt. Steven M. Roller of the sheriff's Century Station, where the petitions are being kept in an evidence locker. "The only reason we are storing the petitions is for the integrity of the recall process."
The county registrar-recorder has set its own recall election date for Sept. 25, but the council is refusing to call the election. A Superior Court judge will hold a hearing today to consider a request by recall leaders to force the city to call an election.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
What are the odds that all of the miscreants in this case are Democrats?
Democrats or Republicans? The article doesnt say...Gee, I wonder which they are, and who the LA Times is covering for. /s
Isn’t this a city with heavy Mexican immigration? In other words, the kind of city George Bush wants to turn YOUR city and MY city into?
Just wait till H! is president.......This will look like child’s play...........
STATUS OF ACTIONS RELATED TO RECALL MATTERS
Comments:
The Office of Strategic Counsel was retained to protect and preserve the rights of the residents of the City of Lynwood in regards to pending recall matters. This item is being placed on the agenda to allow an opportunity for an update and potential action regarding pertinent information related to the recall matters and investigation status.
Recommendation:
Staff recommends that the City Council review the information provided.
http://www.lynwood.ca.us/documents/agendas/city_council/agendas2007-07-03CC.htm
http://www.lynwood.ca.us/elected/elected_cityclerk_agendas_council.htm
Importing Mexcan style corruption and malfeasance.
Let me guess - Democrats?
These officials need to be tarred and feathered and run out of town on a rail. Then serve long prison sentences.
Laws do not apply to Democrats.
City councils and other local agencies (up to and including county boards of supervisors) are officially non-partisan in California. Yes, you could look up the voter registration data on the Lynwood city council members. But newspapers do not normally print that information regarding non-partisan elected officials unless it's specifically relevant to the story, which it isn't in this case.
Lynwood, Burbank, Bellflower, Carson = mobbed up. L.A. trying to catch up...
Officially, maybe. But how does it work out in the real world?
Yes, you could look up the voter registration data on the Lynwood city council members. But newspapers do not normally print that information regarding non-partisan elected officials unless it's specifically relevant to the story, which it isn't in this case.
Excuses, excuses. Newspapers normally do not print out that kind of information when a Democrat is caught with his nad in the cookie jar. If they were Republicans, you can be damn sure that the LA Times would make mention of that fact in this story.
If these clowns were in any way conservative, the Times would be all over it.
For the most part it really does work out that way. There are exceptions, and in some localities (especially the really big cities and counties) it becomes an issue. But in smaller areas and also for local agencies (park districts, school boards, etc.) most voters have no idea which political parties the candidates or elected officials belong to. And when newspapers throw in gratuitous references to such a person's registration status, the newspapers get criticized.
Even the Los Angeles Times usually leaves out that information. Given the Times' biases, when they do make an exception it is more likely to be about a Republican official they don't like, but it's still not that common. And those instances certainly deserve to be complained about. But this particular article does not deserve a complaint, since the Times properly refrained from identifying the officials' party registrations.
Considering the past history of LA Times biases, I still believe they held off identifying who is from which party only because they know these people to be Democrats, not because they were being proper.
There might be a dozen Republicans in Lynwood.
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