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Judge rules recall election can go ahead

Friday, Dec. 18, 2009 | 2:05 a.m.

Boulder City Councilwoman Linda Strickland

Travis Chandler

A judge has ruled that a recall election of two Boulder City Council members can go forward, despite a previous decision by the secretary of state that a recall petition was invalid.

The ruling on Dec. 11 in Carson City by 1st District Court Judge James Russell was part of a lawsuit brought against Secretary of State Ross Miller by petitioners.

Miller had refused to approve a recall election of council members Travis Chandler and Linda Strickland, because petitioners failed to collect signatures from 25 percent of those who cast ballots in those races.

The petitioners had argued that they only needed to collect signatures from 25 percent of registered voters, regardless of whether they actually voted in the original election.

The conflict arose over the interpretation of language in the state constitution that calls for the signatures of individuals who “actually voted in the election.”

“We were wrapped around an axle that was preventing the recall election,” said Boulder City resident Jim Beneda, one of those behind the push for a recall election.

Miller said that for a recall, a majority of jurisdictions interpreted the state constitution to require signatures from voters who cast ballots in the original election.

“With any law, there are gray areas and interpretations need to be clarified,” he said.

To eliminate future confusion, the state Legislature passed a law in May that states any registered voter in the district an elected official represents may sign a recall petition.

Strickland and Chandler said they plan to file an appeal of the judge’s ruling to the Nevada Supreme Court.

“I received 2,213 votes out of 3,379, so I believe the majority of people don’t want me to be recalled,” Strickland said.

Chandler said he believes he is being targeted because he takes political stances that challenge the status quo.

“I make a lot of motions and they are contrary to the way things are run,” Chandler said. “If I resign, it’s not going to have anything to do with the recall.”

Clark County Registrar of Voters Larry Lomax said he hasn’t seen anything in writing to move forward with a special election. He said once he is notified by the city clerk’s office, he will submit the recall petition signatures to Miller again for approval.

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By vsestini (Virgil Sestini)

Dec. 18, 2009

7:13 a.m.

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5 of the 6 ladies and 1 man posing as Truteees of the CCSD had better be prepared for the same result when petitions demanding their recall are completed. It is a process well underway and a number of these 'charming ladies' may very well be headed for extinction...

Incompetence, ignorance of the elected position they hold, arrogance, indiffeence and refusal to truly serve the public are the biggest reasons for anger against these 6 so called "School Trutees."

The "Doomsday Bomb" is about to be unloaded on you for all that you have failed to do for the parents, teachers and students of this district.
By BCDave

Dec. 18, 2009

3:44 p.m.

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Goodbye you two pieces of garbage. You obstruct everything. That's why people don't like you Chandler. You're an idiot. You both don't care about making this town better. You care about your own egos.
By RGFranklin (Richard Franklin)

Dec. 22, 2009

6:48 a.m.

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Lt. Commander, LDO, USN, Ret. What does this have to do with a BC Recall election.

As a member of the LDS Church I'm certainly thankful that you are retired, because you have your facts imbedded in the wrong end giving you a blemished outlook on life.

Also I'm a former member of both the Navy and the Army and a lifelong Democrat. Yes a tree hugging liberal.

What maybe not all know who read this is that "LDO" stands for "Limited Duty Officer." What ship did you have command of? US Never Sail? Your duties were "Limited" to non command areas of responsibility.

Huntsman, of the Huntsman Chemical Company is a retired Line Naval Officer (Not LDO) who served with distinction in the Navy. He is also LDS. President Monson of the Mormon Church is also a ex-Naval Officer (Line Officer, not LDO).
My roommate at BYU was critically wounded in the Tet Offensive, he was not sitting in a rear area taking in Sunday Afternoon Tea Dances with wannabe Officers.

LDO is not a command grade Field/Line Officer, you are or were a glorified clerk. What were you doing on Veterans Day, reliving battles never fought in the bar of the VFW? I've seen a lot of your kind. On Veterans Day just outside of Fort Bragg, children of (LDS) Army and Air Force personal serving this country where attending grave sites. http://www.ldschurchnews.com/articles/58....

LDS men and women have served proudly and honorably in the US Military since the Mexican American War of 1846. My great, great Grandfather marched with the Mormon Battalion from Council Bluffs, Iowa, down to Santa Fe, on to Tucson and into San Diego, California and finally ending in the Presidio of Los Angeles in 1847. The Longest Sustained Infantry March in world history. He extended his enlistment for Six months and built much of the early San Diego public buildings, newspaper, etc.

While the main body of the Mormon Battalion went North to Sutter's Fort and getting a contract to build Sutter's Mill (discovering gold), My Great, Great Grandfather and his group left Los Angeles by wagon in the winter of 1848 and came to Las Vegas and pioneered the wagon trail to Salt Lake City which would become known as the Winter Road to Los Angeles and San Pedro.

FLDS is not a part of the LDS Church. The only connection between FLDS and LDS is polygamy which was abandoned by the LDS Church in the 1890's.

FLDS men could not serve in the US Military because they could not truthfully take the oath.

So "LDO" before you start spouting off about LDS Servicemen and women, you should get your facts straight. My family has served in the Military in every war since the French and Indian War. They didn't do it by firing insults across the bar.

LDS also stands for Longstanding Distinctive Service.
By jaunsanchez (Jaun Sanchez)

Dec. 24, 2009

5:31 p.m.

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I like Mormons, now I and my family can become members.I tried to move to boulder when we first got here years ago, but was told Mormons no like Mexicans, especially when they move next door.