Forty Gloucester County residents have been ordered to pay the county $2,000 each for a failed effort to remove four elected officials.
The order entered Tuesday by substitute Circuit Court Judge Westbrook Parker formalizes a ruling he issued in December that found the residents abused the judicial system for political purposes.
The residents had petitioned for the removal of four county supervisors who were indicted on charges of illegally meeting in secret. The charges and the petitions were later dismissed.
And we wonder why more people don’t get involved. Sheesh!
I wonder if this is because of an amendment made to allow allow judges to decide when someone who has tried to recall an officeholder and been found doing so as a ‘political action’. What if the judge is inherently a political actor instead of impartial?
I think Norm Leahy has something today on this as well, and also had something back during the veto session about such an amendment.
Posted by Mark Brooks | Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 1:04 pmNorm from April 7th:
So Much For Redress
Norm today:
TQ Today on Redress
Posted by Mark Brooks | Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 1:41 pmAha. Then we know who to blame on this.
Posted by vjp | Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 6:56 pmSo much for the governments power being derived by the consent of the governed.
“Freedom of Expression”?
Posted by Britt Howard | Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 9:37 pm