California Judge Says Recalled Officials Are Unlawfully in Office
Four officials in Avenal, Calif., who refused to step down after being recalled earlier this year are “not lawfully” in office, a judge ruled on Monday.
The officials — including the longtime mayor, who is part of the City Council, and three other council members — have remained in office since the April recall, arguing that it was unauthorized. The standoff has become one of the messiest recall battles in modern California history and a highly unusual case of election denialism.
Judge Jennifer Giuliani of Kings County Superior Court ruled Monday that the four City Council members “do not lawfully hold or exercise their respective offices” and that the positions have been “vacant” since the election results were certified on May 28.
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They need to be declared trespassers and arrested if they re-enter the building
Barring that, they need to be sued by the residents, not as government representatives, but as private entities, for everything they’ve done since being fired. Drive them to bankruptcy.
“The law” likes to make examples of people who go against the ruling class… time to show them we can play that game, too.
Small town shit. County sheriffs should’ve went in there and arrested their asses.
Sounds like they need a brute squad to move in and publicly and physically carry them out of office.
Obviously the dragging is more symbolic, but if the entire town just ignores whatever they say, it's not like local cops can arrest the whole town...
How have the positions been "vacant?" What happened to the people who actually won?
Nobody "won" yet; an election should have been held after the recall, but the fuckers just said "Nah" and kept legislating as though they hadn't been fired.