Wal-Mart Here We Come!!!

Please read Todd Kunioka's excellent summation of April 25th's city council meeting.  He does a wonderful job as always.  Most importantly, Save Our Community wishes to thank Councilman Tran and Councilman Nunez for their superior leadership Tuesday night.  We still have a long way to go, but our team is stronger than ever.  Next week's Wednesday meeting (5/3) is cancelled

You Can't Always Get What You Want

Good news, first:  The city will ask Judge Klausner to lift his restraining order on our February 7 recall election.  Bad news:  The election date will be much later than I would have hoped.  Also, nothing is certain until Judge Klausner actually does lift his restraining order and our city council allows the recall election to be reinstated.

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The details, and some complaints:

San Gabriel Valley Tribune Article on the Recent Padilla v. Lever Decision

http://www.sgvtribune.com/search/ci_3733838

Here’s the link to the article in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune concerning the decision by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to grant an en banc hearing to Padilla v. Lever. As you know, this was the case cited by Jay Imperial when he sued the city of Rosemead in a desperate attempt to avoid having to face the voters in a recall election. Nearly 4,200 registered voters in the city signed petitions asking for that election.

Please Vote Once to Stop Wal-Mart!!!

Please visit www.sgvtribune.com and vote "yes" on the Rosemead Recall Poll.  The poll is on the front page.  Currently, the "no" votes outnumber the "yes" votes. 

E-Mail from "Wake Up Wal-Mart"

Ed S. forwarded this message to me.  I'm posting it on his behalf.

TK

Dear Edward,

In the midst of a public relations quagmire, sluggish sales, declining worker morale, and problems breaking into new demographic and socio-economic markets, Wal-Mart CEO Lee Scott announced today he is taking a month long "vacation."

City Council Meeting, Tuesday, April 25, 8pm: Appeal of Imperial v. Castruita and Traffic Issues on Delta Ave

On 8pm Tuesday, April 25, the Rosemead City Council will meet in regular session.  Two issues of concern to us will be on the agenda.

1.  A motion to appeal the decision in Imperial v. Castruita will be made.  In light of the recent decision by the Federal Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit to grant an en banc rehearing of Padilla v. Lever, it is likely that Judge Klausner can be persuaded to lift his preliminary restraining order against our original recall election.  The city council will discuss that issue in closed session.  However, I would encourage people who support an appeal of Imperial v. Castruita to come to the City Council meeting early and address that issue during the public comment period, which is held at the *beginning* of each city council meeting.

Endorsement of Candidates?

Attention All Members:  Please make every effort to attend the SOC/YOR PAC meeting, Wednesday, April 26, 2006.  We will be discussing the possibility of endorsing several candidates for state and federal elected office

More Collateral Damage from Padilla v. Lever

Well, in one of those "Good News/Bad News" stories, two other political jurisdictions have become caught up in the fall out over Padilla v. Lever. Three initiatives in San Bernardino County and one in Monterey County have been pushed off the ballot by federal district court decisions similar to that issued in Imperial v. Castruita [the suit in which then-Mayor Jay Imperial sued Rosemead to keep the recall election off the ballot because he knew he could not win].