GOMEZ RECALL EFFORT GIVEN OK TO BEGIN.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer GLENDALE - Supporters of a campaign to recall Mayor Gus Gomez, who ordered the American flag at City Hall lowered to commemorate com·mem·o·rate tr.v. com·mem·o·rat·ed, com·mem·o·rat·ing, com·mem·o·rates 1. To honor the memory of with a ceremony. See Synonyms at observe. 2. To serve as a memorial to. the Armenian Genocide  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. , received approval Thursday to circulate cir·cu·late v. cir·cu·lat·ed, cir·cu·lat·ing, cir·cu·lates v.intr. 1. To move in or flow through a circle or circuit: blood circulating through the body. 2. their petition. City Clerk In the United States, a City Clerk is an elected or appointed official who is responsible as the official keeper of the municipal records. In some places, the Clerk may be known as the "Village Clerk" or "Town Clerk". Doris Twedt approved the language and format of the recall petition, enabling the signature drive to begin immediately. ``We finally did it,'' said Joe Mandoky, leader of the recall effort. The process of getting recall papers approved by the city clerk has taken Mandoky three months. His first petition was rejected outright because of a technical error. The second time, he was asked to make a number of changes before it was approved. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Twedt, Mandoky and his group must collect 13,565 valid signatures - 15 percent of the city's registered voters - to force the city to hold a recall election. Recall committee members have 160 days to collect the required number of signatures. And although the clock starts ticking ticking a coat color pigmentation pattern in which hairs of one color are distributed in small groups throughout the background color, e.g. Australian cattle dog. Called also speckling. the day the petition is approved, Mandoky said he and his supporters won't collect signatures until they've met this weekend to discuss whether to proceed with the petition. On July 31, a citizens committee convened by the council is scheduled to present recommendations on how the city should commemorate the Armenian Genocide and other atrocities in the future. Mandoky said he would be willing to drop the recall campaign if the committee recommends against lowering the American flag in the future to mark the genocide genocide, in international law, the intentional and systematic destruction, wholly or in part, by a government of a national, racial, religious, or ethnic group. . However, if recall activists want to forge ahead, he said he will support them. ``Two-thirds (of the 10-member recall committee) want to go ahead with it because they don't think (Gomez) should get away with it,'' he said. Mandoky and his supporters are seeking to recall Gomez because they believe he violated vi·o·late tr.v. vi·o·lat·ed, vi·o·lat·ing, vi·o·lates 1. To break or disregard (a law or promise, for example). 2. To assault (a person) sexually. 3. the U.S. Flag Code by ordering Old Glory lowered to commemorate the genocide. According to their reading of the code, the gesture can only be ordered by the governor or the president to mark major national tragedies or the death of prominent figures. Mandoky and his group are also considering how effective their effort might be. Even if they can force a recall election, by the time it can take place, Gomez would have served most of his term. ``The question is, Do we want to spend all this time and energy to go after someone who only has a few months left in office?'' he said. |
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