Monday, May 6, 2013 – 12:30 p.m.
Bankrupt San Bernardino, California degenerated into the realm of a three-ring political circus last week, with the announcement by a citizens group that they intend to recall all of the city’s elected officials, with the exception of the City Clerk and City Treasurer.
The group says the notorious nine, Mayor Pat Morris, City Attorney James Penman and Council Members Rikke Van Johnson, Chas Kelley, Wendy McCammack, Robert Jenkins, Virginia Marquez, John Valdivia and Fred Shorett, should be ousted because they are to blame for the city’s financial ruin.
Forget about all the local business intellect, many of which have already left the area, that steered these people, and others, by the nose to benefit their own pocketbooks, in years past.
Regardless of whether or not any of the targeted officials will still be in office at the time the recall is certified. The group, known as San Bernardino Residents for Responsible Government, wants to send a message. That message being throw the bums out.
The group says it has raised sufficient funds to collect signatures (presumably to pay for the collection) and run a campaign to oust the nine. But they have declined to say just how much that is until they have to legally report it.
Can you say distraction boys and girls? Another distraction in a city trying to right the ship.
The recall group sent a loud message via its chosen spokesperson.
We’re not sure if it was an attempt at humor, or just a warped sense of perception. But the group chose Larry Sharp as its spokesperson.
Sharp, who is currently in a make-work job at Cal State San Bernardino, was previously the chief executive officer of Arrowhead Credit Union. The same Arrowhead Credit Union seized by federal regulators, on June 25, 2011, after it went insolvent. The primary factor leading to the insolvency? A large portion of Arrowhead’s regulatory capital base was invested in local real estate.
Real Estate that ultimately soured.
Anyways, this recall ordeal is going to be interesting to watch indeed!
Larry sharps ter…how come he hasn’t been sent to federal prison yet?
“Another distraction in a city trying to right the ship.”
ABSOLUTELY!
LARRY SHARP?
August 3, 2010 | Erica Perez
CSU San Bernardino has hired as its new vice president for university advancement a local credit union CEO who was ousted from that position as part of a federal takeover a few weeks ago.
After 27 years as president and CEO of the San Bernardino-based Arrowhead Credit Union, LARRY SHARP WAS DISMISSED as the bank’s chief in mid-July.
DISMISSED? YOU MEAN THE SAME WAY ALLEN PARKER WAS ” forced to resign from THE SAME position in Illinois.”?
>>> THIS RECALL GROUP IS YEARS AND YEARS TOO LATE!!!!!!!
THEIR INTENTIONS ARE QUESTIONABLE…
WHERE DID THIS SUDDEN LOVE AND CONCERN FOR THEIR CITY COME FROM?
The recall proponents are corrupt special interest clowns with no real support from local residents.
Only in your mind Darryl.
One can only sit back and watch this new chapter unfold. Another reason to do business in other cities.
You can’t do any worse by throwing them all out and starting from scratch. Get rid of all the scum that keep giving public safety the obscene pay and benefits and undeserved retirement. That’s what drove the city into bankruptcy.
Napoleon Dynamite states:
“Another reason to do business in other cities.”
I disagree, don’t be so negative, the body is still warm, in fact the city still has a [faint] pulse.
Allow me to quote your great grand-daddy again:
Courage isn’t having the strength to go on – it is going on when you don’t have strength.” ― Napoleon Bonaparte