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November 22, 2005
If they can do it, could we?
The Center for Civic Participation- Inland Voters Use Recall as a Way to Slow Growth
By Ashley Powers and Susannah Rosenblatt, Times Staff Writers
October 17, 2005 - LA Times
The dust-up in Muscoy began on a December night last year, when a newly elected county supervisor came to talk about cleaning up ratty neighborhoods and luring businesses.Linda Thacker pictured her avocado orchard being razed to make way for another wave of red-tile roofs and latte drinkers. She had roosted in this small, unincorporated pocket near Cal State San Bernardino much of her life, and preferred living next door to chickens and goats.
"I don't want my neighbors so close that I can hear them flush their toilets," Thacker said.
So she and other residents decided they wanted to give San Bernardino County Supervisor Josie Gonzales the bum's rush — California style. They launched a recall campaign.
Posted by cystdog at November 22, 2005 12:24 AM
