Posted on 11/10/2005 10:33:40 AM PST by kingattax
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - The winner of a school board election didn't campaign, attend forums or even go to any school board meetings before the vote - because he was in jail.
Randy Logan Hale won 831 votes in Tuesday's election, securing one of three open seats on the Romoland School District Board in a community about 70 miles north of San Diego.
"This is wild, he'll be glad," said his wife, Penny.
Hale, 40, was returned to prison in September for violating his parole on 1998 convictions for spousal abuse and drug possession, the California Institution for Men in Chino said, and is due to be released Feb. 15. He declared his candidacy in August.
His wife and a district trustee confirmed he was imprisoned.
The election of an inmate to the school board is a conundrum for the district, and Superintendent Roland Skumawitz said he's consulting lawyers to figure out how to handle the situation.
Shaun Bowler, a political science professor at the University of California, Riverside, said Hale may have gotten votes because he was at the top of the ballot.
LOL too much.
http://www.romoland.k12.ca.us/
Superintendent Roland Skumawitz's email:
skoom@romoland.k12.ca.us
...Hale may have gotten votes because he was at the top of the ballot.
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hhmmm?
If true, angelides may be the next Ca Gub and George
Allen the next President.
The Lewiston, Maine mayoral race (two dems) offerred a choice between a convicted felon and the imcumbent who was recently charged with groping a 19 yr old employee. The groper won.
the Republicans can't find a candidate that measures up to those standards.
Is this one of those anti-Bush Democratic victories the Dems are cheering about?
I guess he couldn't even vote for himself, either, unless CA allows jailed people to vote.....
Well, if he was at the top, what were the rest of them like?
Surriusly, folks, this is nothing new. In Ames, Iowa, the school board elected as their president a woman who doesn't drive to meetings.
Can't drive because she has lost her license.
Because she was convicted of OWI.
One board member quit in disgust, thank God.
But only one.
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