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Update: Certified Final Official Results of the City of San Bernardino City Clerk's General Election: Gigi Hanna by three votes.
By Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law
The certified official results in the General Municipal Election for City of San Bernardino City Clerk are that Gigi Hanna has won by three votes:
From the San Bernardino Registrar of Voters:
Last Updated: February 13, 2012 2:31 PM
Registration & Turnout
71,881 Voters
Vote Count Percent
Precinct Turnout 12,205 16.98%
Total 12,205 16.98%
City Clerk, City of San Bernardino
170/170 100.00%
GEORGEANN "GIGI" HANNA 6,073 50.01%
AMELIA SANCHEZ-LOPEZ 6,070 49.99%
Total 12,143 100.00%
Compared to the semi-official results below, there were 13 new ballots added to turnout, and Gigi Hanna gained 8 new votes, and Amelia Sanchez Lopez gained 6 new votes. From these numbers, there were 62 ballots that had problems, either under votes, over votes, write-ins, or spoiled ballots. That is the same number as on the semi-official results.
Here are the previous numbers:
Last Updated: February 7, 2012 9:20 PM
There is also an automatic manual recount established by Election Code section 15360. By law, a random sample of ballots from every election must be recounted manually to verify the computer count. A minimum of one percent of all votes cast is included in the process. This must occur before the election is certified. The automatic manual recount is open to the public. A court explained it like this:
"1 percent manual tally" is a procedure used in California to test whether there are any discrepancies between the electronic record generated by a voting machine and what is essentially a manual audit of that electronic record. Essentially, after each election, the "official conducting the election" is to conduct a "public manual tally of the ballots tabulated" by any voting machines "cast in 1 percent of the precincts chosen at random by the elections official." (§ 15360.) Nguyen v. Nguyen (2008) 158 Cal.App.4th 1636, 1643.
The information you obtain at this blog is not, nor is it intended to be, legal advice. No attorney-client relationship is established by reading or commenting on this blog. You should consult an attorney for advice regarding your individual situation.
Copyright 2012 Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law.
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The Recount Process: What happens during a recount?
California Elections Code section 15620 et seq. governs recounts requested by voters. Any voter may file a request for a recount pursuant to Elections Code section 15620.
As discussed before, the recount is done publicly. California Elections Code section 15629. The voter requesting the recount should request all ballots and other relevant material (which in the case of the San Bernardino City Clerk's election, should include the voter envelopes that were not signed and the ballots not counted, in case there is a court challenge about whether the ballots were validly voted under California law). Elections Code section 15630 says:
All ballots, whether voted or not, and any other relevant material, may be examined as part of any recount if the voter filing the declaration requesting the recount so requests. No examination of any ballot shall include touching or handling the ballot without the express consent of the elections official or the election officer supervising the special recount board. No ballot may be touched or handled during the examination unless the elections official or the elections officer supervising the special recount is present to observe the examination. Except as provided in this section no ballot shall be touched or handled by any person during the recount unless that person is the elections official, a person acting at the direction of the elections official, a member of the special recount board, or by order of the superior court.
The observers can challenge a ballot using the procedure found in Elections Code section 15631:
On recount, ballots may be challenged for incompleteness, ambiguity, or other defects, in accordance with the following procedure:
(a) The person challenging the ballot shall state the reason for the challenge.
(b) The official counting the ballot shall count it as he or she believes proper and then set it aside with a notation as to how it was counted.
(c) The elections official shall, before the recount is completed, determine whether the challenge is to be allowed. The decision of the elections official is final.
The San Bernardino City Clerk's Election Results and The Recount Process in San Bernardino County
The semi-official results in yesterday's General Municipal Election for City of San Bernardino City Clerk are that Gigi Hanna won by two votes:
Close elections sometimes involve recounts. It can involve a closer look to see if ballots were correctly counted by machines and if any votes counted were illegal or improperly voted.
California Elections Code section 15620 et seq. governs recounts requested by voters. Any voter may file a request for a recount pursuant to Elections Code section 15620. The request must be filed no later than five days after the completion of the official canvass. The completion of the canvass occurs when the elections official signs the Certification of Election Results. Elections Code section 15620.
The request must be in writing, specify the contest to be recounted, and state on behalf of which candidate (in this case), slate of electors, or position on a measure it is filed. Elections Code section 15620. The request may specify the order in which precincts shall be recounted, it may specify the method of counting to be used, and any other relevant material to be examined. Elections Code sections 15622, 15627, 15630.
If it is not a statewide measure, as this is not, the request needs to be filed with the county election official responsible for conducting the election. However, the request needs to be filed with the City Clerk if it is a city election or if the city has not consolidated with the County. Elections Code section 15620.
The election official will post a notice stating the date and place of the recount at least one day before the recount, and the candidates will be notified by overnight mail or personally. Elections Code section 15628.
A recount is open to the public, and must start no later than seven days following the receipt of the request and shall be continued daily, except for Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, for no less than six hours a day until completed. Elections Code sections 15626, 15629. A manual recount must be conducted under the supervision of the election official by recount boards, (each consisting of four San Bernardino County voters), appointed by the election official. Elections Code section 15625. Every vote in every precinct must be recounted, or the results are null and void, and if a different candidate wins, the results of the official canvass will be changed. Elections Code section 15632. A copy of the results shall be posted conspicuously in the office of the election official. Elections Code section 15633.
There is a cost associated with a recount, and the amount for this San Bernardino City Clerk General Municipal Election recount, should it occur, will depend on a variety of factors. The election official determines the amount of the deposit necessary to cover the costs of the recount for each day. The voter filling the request must deposit, before the start of the recount and at the beginning of each day , the amounts to cover the cost of each day. If the results are reversed, the deposit must be returned. Elections Code section 15624.
How much will the recount be, if one is requested? San Bernardino County does not give the typical fees, but some other California Counties do (information was obtained from the Internet and is not necessarily reliable or up-to-date:
Santa Cruz:
COST BREAKDOWN FOR MANUAL TALLY:
1 Board $240 – Supervisor Pay $325 – Cost per day $565
2 Boards $480 – Supervisor Pay $500 – Cost per day $980
3 Boards $720 – Supervisor Pay $675 – Cost per day $1395
Sutter:
COST AND PAYMENT
Manual Tally Recount Fees
Number of Boards Fee Per Day
Item Fee
Legal Notices Actual Cost
Security Actual Cost
Computer Support $106.00/hr
Materials Actual Cost
Copy Charges Per Code/Resolution
Postage Actual Cost
County Counsel $112.00/hr
Accounting $56.57/hr
There are court challenges available after the recount, but since the recount in this case is mere speculation, they will be discussed at a later time.
Codification of the San Bernardino Municipal Code: A 2012 Update
In 2011, I wrote two pieces on codification of the San Bernardino Municipal Code, and an update on the situation.
From the second piece:
To recap, The Mayor and Common Council, at their November 7, 2011 meeting, passed Resolution 2011-299 Authorizing the issuance of a Request for Proposals for Municipal Code Codification Services. The staff report to the Resolution painted this unflattering picture of how behind the City is in codification:
Table 1.1 Code Supplement Distribution History from 2008 through 2011
Time Period Distribution Date Note
1/2008 to 3/31/2008 4/2008 on schedule
7/2008 to 9/30/2008 11/2008 1 month behind schedule
10/2008 to 12/31/2008 9/2009 8 months behind schedule
1/2009 to 3/31/2009 9/2009 5 months behind schedule
7/2009 to 9/30/2009 10/2009 on schedule
10/2009 to 12/31/2009 1/2010 on schedule
1/2010 to 3/31/2010 3/23/2010 1 week ahead of schedule
10/2010 to 12/31/2010 Not yet distributed 9 months behind schedule
1/2011 to 3/31/2011 Not yet distributed 6 months behind schedule
7/2011 to 9/30/2011 Not yet distributed Due this month
What that means is that it is difficult for the lay observer and the outside professional to find out the state of the law.
The Mayor and Common Council will consider, at the February 7, 2012 meeting, awarding the Code Publishing, Inc. of Seattle, Washington. However, in the staff report and the resolution, you can see tension between the City Attorney's Office and the City Manager's Office:
Proposals were then evaluated by a selection committee comprised of City staff representing the City Clerk's and City Manager's offices, Public Works, Information Technology, and Community Development departments. The City Attorney's Office was invited to participate and identified a representative from their office to take part in this process. The representative was present during one of the presentations; however, the City Attorney's Office was unable to attend the other presentations and did not participate in the evaluation process. [Emphasis added]
The selection committee recommends that Code Publishing, Inc., be awarded the contract. While all of the codification companies are qualified to provide the needed services, Code Publishing, Inc., received the highest ranking scores based on their flexible pricing, customer service-oriented approach, quality of electronic publishing and internet services, and legal publishing expertise.
Recodification and the regular distribution of supplement materials is a necessary undertaking to maintain transparency of the City's Code. It is the City's responsibility to maintain its laws in a current and comprehensive format. When the Code contains conflicts or discrepancies and outdated or incorrect references it cannot be an effective tool for residents and enforcement officials to follow and enforce the laws with consistency and accuracy. Moreover, the public, including property and business owners and developers, are poorly served by not having access to updated codes in order to assess information necessary when, for example, applying for business registrations, building permits, or planning new development options.
Outsourcing codification services is a standard practiced by most California cities. A recent survey conducted by staff shows that 91 percent of California cities outsource codification services. Of the 362 cities governed by general law, 332 or 92 percent of cities outsource codification services. Of the 120 charter cities in California, 105 or 88 percent of cities outsource codification services. Within the group of charter cities, 9 or 82 percent of the 11 charter cities that elect a city attorney outsource codification services. [Emphasis added]
By outsourcing services, the City will be able to promptly provide subscribers with quarterly supplements while reducing the time the City Attorney's and Clerk's offices and the Planning Division devote to codifying, indexing, proofreading, publishing, and distributing activities. While the City Attorney's Office is responsible for drafting proposed ordinances and resolutions, the Planning Division is responsible for updating changes to the Development Code (Title 19). Title 19 is one of the most dynamic sections of the Code with the largest number of annual amendments (20 amendments in three years).
The mostly unexecuted version of the resolution says "decline to sign" and the initials "JFP." City Attorney James F. Penman has declined to approve the resolution as to form. From time to time, the City Attorney does not sign resolutions or agreements. The reasons he declined to do might be found by examining the minutes and video of the November 7, 2011 Council Meeting.
Video on the discussion surrounding the item is available on the City's website, and the item is about at the 3:37:00 mark. For context, the meeting was the day before the Primary Municipal Election. City Attorney Penman said that the first he heard about it was when it appeared on the agenda. He said the situation was low priority and created by Council not fully funding the City Attorney's Office, because the Legal Secretary II responsible has been taken off codification and placed on litigation. He took issue with the cost of $40,000, and said it could be done for $10,000 using a part-time legal secretary without benefits.
Council member McCammack said that City Manager McNeely's staff had politicized the issue. She also said that it was more important to pay the $40,000 in defending the liability cases.
Council member Marquez asked about other cities contract with vendors, and City Clerk Rachel Clark said that the Clerk's Office did a survey but that she didn't have the numbers with her at the Council Meeting.
Council Member Jenkins said that the money could be better used on potholes, trimming trees or broken street lights.
Council member Kelley had concerns that sending out the RFP would start an unavoidable path to paying for outside codification.
City Attorney Penman said that the biggest request was to annotate the code and Charter with case law, and the codification company would charge extra. City Attorney Penman said that they were ahead of schedule a year before, but that staff had been taken off of it, and that it was not high priority.
Mayor Morris said that the City Attorney's Office would be part of the RFP process.
Council member McCammack asked which staff would be involved with the codifier to make sure the codifier was making accurate changes to the code. City Manager McNeely said that the City Attorney and City Manager and City Clerk's Office would be involved, and that mostly the City Clerk's Office would be involved.
City Clerk Clark highlighted the times that the City Attorney's Office was late in the quarterly updates, but when confronted said that it had been on time before the highlighted period. She also said that it was during Tom Minor's administration that it came in-house. Council member McCammack said the item was a political ploy to embarrass the City Attorney's Office.
The first public speaker said that it was difficult to find the code online, particularly related to code enforcement. The second speaker was then-City Clerk candidate Esther Jimenez discussed an issue regarding a proposed tobacco ordinance in the past which wasn't really related to the discussion (and City Attorney Penman disputed her view of the events).
City Attorney Penman disputed the part of the RFP that there was a need to make corrective measures to the existing code, and he said that Council had blocked some moves already proposed by the City Attorney's Office, and that his Office didn't have the resources to make the needed changes. City Attorney Penman said that all hands were defending lawsuits so that no one could participate in the selection process.
The Common Council voted on strictly partisan lines. According to the minutes of November 7, 2011, Resolution 2011-299 was passed on a 4 to 3 vote with Council members Virginia Marquez (1st Ward), Tobin Brinker (2nd Ward), Fred Shorett (4th Ward) and Rikke Van Johnson (6th Ward) in favor; Robert Jenkins (2nd Ward), Chas Kelley (5th Ward) and Wendy McCammack (7th Ward) opposed.
Update: The Common Council voted 5-2 (Shorett and Johnson opposed) to continue the item to March 19, 2012, where, given the new majority will most likely be defeated, if it even comes to a vote.
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Voter Pamphlet in the February 7, 2012 San Bernardino City Clerk General Municipal Election
The San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters has the Voter Pamphlet online, including candidate statements, a copy of the ballot showing ballot position, voting instructions and a letter from San Bernardino City Clerk Rachel Clark. The materials are in English and Spanish.
The General Municipal Election is the run-off from the Primary Municipal Election held in November 2011. The top two candidates were Amelia Sanchez Lopez and Georgeann "Gigi" Hanna, and they are the only candidates in this race. This is an all mail-in election, and the votes must be received by February 7, 2012.
For more coverage of the San Bernardino General Municipal election, go to sbdpolitics.com.
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Mailbag: The League of California Cities Ethical Princples for City Attorneys and the San Bernardino City Attorney
Jeff Thurman of San Bernardino asked me this question on my Facebook page, and I told him on Facebook I would write about here at the blog:
"Would be interested in your take on CA City Attorney Code of Ethics regarding Mr. Penman's activities in the last election."
I do not know Jeff Thurman, I only know that he posted this on Gigi Hanna's campaign website, which I had seen before today:
"Jeff Thurman I campaigned for David McKenna – if you'd like my help, please contact me."
Here is some Background for people unfamiliar with the context of this election: San Bernardino, a charter city in Southern California, had a primary election in November 2011. David McKenna was a candidate for City Attorney in November 2011. The incumbent, James F. Penman, won reelection. Gigi Hanna is a candidate for City Clerk in the San Bernardino City General Election in 2012, after having been one of the top two candidates in 2011. Amelia Sanchez Lopez was the top vote getter in the City Clerk's race, and in the primary election, she shared elections signs with City Attorney James Penman. City Attorney Jim Penman was first elected in 1987 and has been elected every four years since; he defeated City Attorney Ralph Prince, who first won election in 1959. City Attorney Jim Penman's opponents say that he is a polarizing figure, and have accused him of a variety of ills, including a lack of professionalism, including numerous ethics complaints to the State Bar of California over a number of years. However, he has no public record of discipline by the State Bar of California
This blog is neutral politically, my only loyalty is to my clients, and I do not currently represent the City of San Bernardino, nor have I since January 2, 2006.
Mr. Thurman is asking about is not the California Rules of Professional Conduct or the California Business and Professions Code's mandatory ethics rules and duties that each attorney in California must follow. His reference of "CA City Attorney Code of Ethics" is to a document properly called "Ethical Principals for City Attorneys" adopted on October 6, 2005 by the League of California Cities City Attorneys Department Business Section, and I believe (since I was at the conference as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Redlands, but I could find no citation) ratified by the City Attorney Section of the League of California Cities by a voice vote in May 2006.
There is some misunderstanding about this document, particularly in San Bernardino, and what it means. First, the League of California Cities is not a governmental entity. According to the League itself, the "League of California Cities is an association of California city officials who work together to enhance their knowledge and skills, exchange information, and combine resources so that they may influence policy decisions that affect cities."
The League does wonderful work, particularly with its conferences. I have attended a few League functions, and they are very educational. I have been both to a League of California Cities Spring City Attorney's Conference and the Annual Conference. I was also the City of Redlands' staff member for the League of California Cities, Inland Empire Division, Legislative Task Force for a period of time as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Redlands. I also contributed to the League's California Municipal Law Handbook by reviewing a section during my time in Redlands (the book is now published by CEB).
However, its injection into San Bernardino politics, is a red herring, for a few reasons to be discussed later.
Here is the preamble: of the Ethical Principles for City Attorneys:
A city attorney occupies an important position of trust and responsibility within city government. Central to that trust is an expectation and commitment that city attorneys will hold themselves to the highest ethical standards. Every effort should be made to earn the trust and respect of those advised, as well as the community served.
The City Attorneys Department of the League of California Cities has therefore adopted these ethical principles to:
Serve as an aspirational guide to city attorneys in making decisions in difficult situations,
Provide guidance to clients and the public on the ethical standards to which city attorneys aspire, and
Promote integrity of the city and city attorney office.
City attorneys are also subject to the State Bar's Rules of Professional Conduct. For an explanation of how the rules apply to city attorneys, please see Practicing Ethics published by the League of California Cities in 2004, available at www.cacities.org/attorneys. These aspirational ethical principles are not an effort to duplicate or interpret the State Bar's requirements or create additional regulatory standards.
The role of the city attorney and the client city varies. Some city attorneys are full-time public employees appointed by a city council; some are members of a private law firm, who serve under contract at the pleasure of a city council. A few are directly elected by the voters; some are governed by a charter. When reflecting on the following principles, the city attorney should take these variations into account.
The city attorney should be mindful of his or her unique role in public service and take steps to ensure his or her words and deeds will assist in furthering the underlying intent of these principles.
Note the statement that these principles are "aspirational ethical principles." Note also that the "role of the city attorney and the client city varies." That is certainly the case in the relatively few cities in California which are elected City Attorneys. There are 11, and the link to the left tells you they are San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles, Compton, Huntington Beach, Oakland, San Bernardino, Long Beach, San Rafael and Chula Vista.
The preamble continues a "few are directly elected by the voters" which is a grudging nod to the peculiar institution of the elected city attorney in California.
To better understand what Mr. Thurman is talking about, former City Attorney candidate Marianne Milligan alleged, both in 2007 when she was running to be City Attorney and 2011 in an opinion piece in the Sun on August 25, 2011 that City Attorney James F. Penman, provided in part (I don't have access to the full version, and this is only part of the version that is available elsewhere on the web):
It is important that we, the voters, understand that city attorneys in California are expected to abide by ethical principles adopted by the City Attorneys Department of the League of California Cities.
This universally adopted Code of Ethics states: There should be "no politicization" of the office of city attorney and more specifically states "the city attorney or persons seeking to become city attorney should not make campaign contributions to or participate in campaigns of that city's officials."
Marianne Milligan was my immediate supervisor at the time that I transitioned from a Deputy City Attorney in San Bernardino to become the Assistant City Attorney for the City of Redlands, and before that we were briefly Deputy City Attorneys together in San Bernardino (though she was of higher rank). In that time, and since, I never had any problems with her either as a boss or as a coworker. We last spoke when she was leaving Code Enforcement in 2010 and I believe that we are on good terms though we haven't spoken since 2010.
I think that it is unfair to categorize a document which purports to be "aspirational ethical principles" and designed for the vast majority of city attorneys that are either in-house and appointed or are outside contract attorneys as "universally adopted."
The "aspirational ethical principles" fail to take into consideration the needs of the eleven elected City Attorneys in California. And the basic fact is that an elected official inherently is involved in politics because they are elected. It is also incorrect to say that city attorneys in California are expected to abide by the principles; the use of the passive voice is no doubt intentional, even the preamble says that the "aspirational ethical principles are not an effort to duplicate or interpret the State Bar's requirements or create additional regulatory standards."
Here is the politicization principle: from the aspirational principles:
Principle 3 (No Politicization). The city attorney should provide legal advice in a manner that avoids the appearance that the advice is based on political alignment or partisanship, which can undermine client trust.
Explanation. The city attorney and the city attorney's advice needs to be trusted as impartial by the entire council, staff and community.
1. The city attorney should provide consistent advice with the city's overall legal interests in mind to all members of the city team regardless of their individual views on the issue.
2. Each city council member, irrespective of political affiliation, should have equal access to legal advice from the city attorney, while legal work on a matter consuming significant legal resources should require direction from a council majority.
3. The city attorney or persons seeking to become city attorney should not make campaign contributions to or participate in the campaigns of that city's officials, including candidates running for that city's offices or city officers running for other offices. For private law firms serving as city attorney or seeking to become city attorney, this restriction should apply to the law firm's attorneys.
4. When considering whether to become involved in policy advocacy on an issue that may potentially come before the city, the city attorney should evaluate whether such involvement might compromise the attorney's ability to give unbiased advice or create the appearance of bias.
The example in 3 shows why this does not apply to the City of San Bernardino because the City Attorney has to participate in the campaign of at least one city official, their own. A better guide of what the City Attorney should and should not do is the Charter of the City of San Bernardino.
The Charter of the City of San Bernardino, as amended in 2004, effective in 2006 reads:
Section 55. Position – Duties – Salary. (a) The office of City Attorney shall
be a full-time position, and the incumbent shall not engage in private practice.
(b) To be eligible to hold the office of City Attorney, the person elected or
appointed shall be an attorney at law, duly licensed as such under the laws of the
State of California, and shall have been engaged in the practice of law for at least
five (5) years prior to his/her election or appointment, and shall have been a
resident and elector of the City for a period of at least thirty (30) consecutive days
next preceding the appointment or the filing of nomination papers for election to the
office.
(c) In the event a vacancy shall occur in the office of City Attorney during
his/her term, such vacancy shall be filled by appointment by the Mayor and
Common Council, which appointment shall be valid until the next general municipal
election, at which time a City Attorney shall be elected for the remainder of any
unexpired term, or for a full term in accordance with Article II of this Charter.
(d) The City Attorney shall be the chief legal officer of the City; he or she
shall represent and advise the Mayor and Common Council and all City officers in
all matters of law pertaining to their offices; he or she shall represent and appear
for the City in all legal actions brought by or against the City, and prosecute
violations of City ordinances, and may prosecute violations of State law which are
misdemeanors or infractions and for which the City Attorney is specifically granted
the power of enforcement by State law without approval of the District Attorney, or
those violations which are drug or vice related; he or she shall also act and appear
as attorney for any City officer or employee who is a party to any legal action in his
or her official capacity; he or she shall attend meetings of the City Council, draft
proposed ordinances and resolutions, give his or her advice or opinion in writing
when requested to do so in writing by the Mayor or Common Council or other City
official upon any matter pertaining to Municipal affairs; and otherwise to do and
perform all services incident to his or her position and required by statute, this
Charter or general law.
(e) The salary of the City Attorney shall be fixed by the Mayor and Common
Council, but shall not be less than seventy-five hundred dollars ($7,500.00) per
annum. He/She shall be provided with office space and equipment, and clerical
help by the City.
That is the language of the Charter of the City of San Bernardino, and that gives the incumbent City Attorney some flexibility in operating. Former City Attorney Ralph H. Prince had one type of style, which I know only from reading old newspaper articles, hearing from former city officials and his son, and old City Attorney opinions. Current City Attorney Penman has a different style that he calls elected watch dog". That style is a political decision, and if the voters do not like the style of the incumbent, they can vote the incumbent out or recall the incumbent. They can even try to change section 55, which the City Attorney's opponents unsuccessfully attempted with Measure C in 2010.
Remember that the aspirational principles have not been adopted by any government agency, including the State Bar of California and the California Legislature, is not a fair question. It is reminiscent of the song lyric: "we thought that we had the answers, it was the questions we had wrong." The introduction of these principles were a red herring to spread fear, uncertainty and doubt in the political process because these voluntary aspirational ethical principles are not "universally adopted" and because they should not apply to a situation like in San Bernardino. Voters should look to Charter section 55, and to the results of the office in judging the efficacy of an elected city attorney.
The proper method for evaluating the job of an elected city attorney is whether the legal advice given to the City as an entity is sound; whether the elected city attorney has done the things promised in their campaigns, whether the elected city attorney has observed the State Bar's ethical rules, the dictates of the Business and Professions Code and the case law related to both, whether the elected city attorney is performing the duties given to them by the city's charter, and whether the city attorney has performed the duties required by state law.
An appointed city attorney is a different creature than an elected city attorney. An appointed city attorney serves at the whims of elected officials. In a general law city with a five member council is just two votes from the unemployment line, if a quorum is three. The appointed city attorney must be political in a different way. However, it was the appointed city attorneys writing the voluntary aspirational principles, not the elected city attorneys.
Appointed city attorneys often just want to do their job (which is "political" with a small "p") and avoid Election Politics. They don't want to be hit up by everyone running for election. The preamble of the voluntary ethical aspirations states that it exists to "provide guidance to clients and the public on the ethical standards to which city attorneys aspire." That means that if Council member A asks the appointed City Attorney to sign her nominating petition or make a donation to the campaign, appointed City Attorney can show her the voluntary aspirational principles and politely say that it is unethical to do so.
A: 300 E. State St. Suite 517
Redlands CA 92373-5235
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Codification of the San Bernardino Municipal Code: An Update
As a – to my post about the codification of the San Bernardino Municipal Code, here is an update on the situation. The Mayor and Common Council, at their November 7, 2011 meeting, passed Resolution 2011-299 Authorizing the issuance of a Request for Proposals for Municipal Code Codification Services. The staff report to the Resolution painted this unflattering picture of how behind the City is in codification:
For those of you who can provide the services, the City has issued the Request for Proposals for Codification Services dated today, November 14, 2011. The response to the RFP is due December 12, 2011 at 5 p.m.
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Who Will Win the San Bernardino City Clerk's Election on Tuesday, November 8, 2011?
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The San Bernardino City Clerks Since the 1905 Charter
There have been just seven San Bernardino City Clerks since 1903, when Harry Allison became City Clerk for the pre-Charter City of San Bernardino. The original 1905 Charter of the City of San Bernardino kept the existing City Clerk until the 1907 election. Harry Allison won that first City Clerk's election, and served until 1911, when S.G. Batchelor became City Clerk. John H. Osborne became City Clerk in the next election in 1915, and served as City Clerk until at least 1950. In 1951, Jack Felton was elected City Clerk. He served at least until 1970. In 1971, Deputy City Clerk Lucille Goforth was elected as City Clerk. She served until the late 1970s. In 1979, Shauna Clark was elected City Clerk. Rachel Mendoza Clark was elected City Clerk in 1991, and again in 1995, 1999, 2003, and 2007. She is now retiring, and one of the following will be elected City Clerk, only the eighth City Clerk since 1903: William Valle, Amelia Sanchez-Lopez, Gigi Hanna, Esther Jimenez, or Peggi Hazlett. I would expect any of the candidates, if they win, to be in office for four or five terms, so it is important that voters examine the candidates and their positions. Should the next City Clerk serve four terms, the time period between 1903 and 2028 (125 years), there will have been only eight City Clerks, an average of only one City Clerk for every 15.625 years.
Voters decided by an overwhelming percentage that they wanted to vote for City Clerk. Make sure to make an informed decision on the candidate, as voters have only changed City Clerks six times since 1903.
Address : 3o0 E. State St.#517
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What Will Happen If The Sun Stops Publishing?
By Michael Reiter, Attorney at Law.
According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the San Bernardino Sun, through 3/31/2011, has a six-month average daily circulation for Monday Through Friday of 57,503. In the early 1990s, when the paper was owned by Gannett, that number was closer to 100,000. The 1990 population of San Bernardino was 164,164, in 2000 it was 185,401; the 2011 estimate is 211,076. With a population gain of almost 50,000, the circulation of the paper has declined almost as much. According to the paper's website, it claims that it serves Adelanto, Apple Valley, Banning, Barstow, Beaumont, Big Bear, Colton, Crestline, Fontana, Grand Terrace, Hesperia, Highland, Loma Linda, Mentone, Redlands, Rialto, San Bernardino, Victorville and Yucaipa. The core area served is probably San Bernardino, Rialto, Colton, Redlands, Highland, Loma Linda, Grand Terrace, and Yucaipa.
In comparison, the newspaper to the south has an average daily circulation for the same time period of 121,825. Since the Sun and Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, both owned by the Los Angeles Newspaper Group, have merged, we have seen more stories from the West End in the Sun, and no doubt the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin has more East End news. The Sun gets all of its Redlands news from the skeleton staff at the Redlands Daily Facts. When I started as Assistant City Attorney at the City of Redlands in 2006, the Sun still had someone covering Redlands City Hall.
The Sun was never the Los Angeles Times, but in the past its staff was doing a decent job covering the City of San Bernardino and other area City Halls. After rounds of layoffs, there is rarely anyone with any institutional knowledge at the publication. Moving out of downtown has not improved coverage of City Hall, either. The current inattention to the San Bernardino City Clerk's race verges on criminal negligence. What are the issues in the San Bernardino City Unified School District election? You would not know reading the Sun. Yet, the San Bernardino Unified School District is the eighth largest school district in the state. The paper, if it was not already, has become akin to the break-in joints in the casino world, somewhere to start, but not somewhere to make a career. Add to that situation the collapse of print journalism in general. In turn, the quality makes people stop subscribing, which makes advertisers stop advertising because they can reach fewer people. The current situation is not good for the area.
At some point, if the Sun stops publishing, there will be a huge void in reporting to the detriment of San Bernardino County. The Los Angeles Times does not cover the area, except for its drive-by reports that lumps the two counties together and makes some generalizations. The Press-Enterprise may fill the void, but without competition, no matter how meager, there will be plenty of stories not reported. The internet cannot fill the void, because the content is largely from the print newspapers already. The Los Angeles news stations will report fires (unless there is a closer fire) and sensational crime. Maybe the East Valley will get another free weekly that will partially fill the void.
In short, no mater how you feel about the quality of the Sun, it provides an important service, and if it stops publishing after 117 years, the City of San Bernardino will be poorer for it.
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The Soviet Union's fifth attempt at a lunar impact. The spacecraft was equipped with improved sensors as a result of interplanetary data sent back by Luna 1 and Pioneer 4.
None. The spacecraft had to be destroyed by ground controllers after a gyroscope failed on the booster rocket 153 seconds after launch.
The Soviet Ye-1A probe, like the Ye-1, was designed for lunar impact. Engineers had incorporated some minor modifications to the scientific instruments (a modified antenna housing for the magnetometer, six instead of four gas-discharge counters, and an improved piezoelectric detector) as a result of information received from the first Cosmic Rocket (Luna 1) and the American Pioneer 4.
The launch was originally scheduled for 16 June but was postponed for two days as a result of the negligence of a young lieutenant who inadvertently permitted fuelling of the upper stage with the wrong propellant. During the actual launch, one of the gyroscopes of the inertial guidance system failed at T+153 seconds, and the wayward booster was subsequently destroyed by command from the ground.
Cold War tensions were increasing between the Soviet Union and the U.S. as both nations launched ambitious lunar exploration efforts.
The launch was delayed for two days after the upper stage was accidentally filled with wrong fuel.
Failed Soviet missions often were not given names.


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We specialise in set dressing for motoring events.
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As well as regular set dressers for Goodwood revival we've helped key brands' promotions and launches, have assisted television productions (such as Channel 4's 'For the Love of Cars') and offer private hire such as for wedding and birthdays.


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Dodgers News: Seth Rosin To The Rangers, Javy Guerra To The White Sox
Ross Gasmer03/26/2014
Needing to make decisions about their roster prior to the restart of their 2014 season, the Los Angeles Dodgers lost two players to waiver claims this afternoon. Reliever Javy Guerra was claimed by the Chicago White Sox while Rule 5 pick and reliever Seth Rosin was claimed by the Texas Rangers.
Guerra was designated for assignment after Chone Figgins was added to the 40-man roster while Rosin was placed on waivers due to all the arms in the Dodgers bullpen. This afternoon the Dodgers made the move official as they now have 39 players on the 40-man roster:
Today, Seth Rosin was claimed off waivers by Texas and Javy Guerra was claimed off waivers by the White Sox
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) March 26, 2014
After re-signing Brian Wilson and J.P. Howell and signing Jamie Wright and Chris Perez, there wasn't much room for Guerra or Rosin to make the team out of Spring Training. Guerra was the Dodgers closer in 2011, notching 21 saves in 47 games, but injuries in 2012 derailed any hopes of him sticking as the closer for another season.
He spent most of 2013 at Triple A Albuquerque and even tried to stretch out to be a starter, but that didn't work out. In Spring Training this season, the 28-year-old reliever struggled with his command in seven games he appeared in. Meanwhile, Rosin became a fan favorite early in spring as most were hoping he'd stick on the roster.
A Rule 5 pick from the Philadelphia Phillies through the New York Mets, Rosin had to be on the roster for the entire season or be offered back to the Phillies for $25,000. With the Dodgers in Spring Training, Rosin allowed just two earned runs in 11 innings pitched and struck out 12 batters he faced.
With the Dodgers 40-man roster sitting at 39 while the active 25-man roster is at 27 as decisions will need to be made by the organization in short order.
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All eyes are sure to be on your cake when you top it with these Skinny Birthday Candles. Making them a fun alternative to traditional birthday candles, these novelty cake toppers feature an extra-long and slender shape and come in five different bright colors, including red, yellow, green, white, and pink. They also do not have wicks, but rather can be easily lit from either end. Use them to customize your confection of choice, whether it's a store-bought birthday cake or a homemade batch of cupcakes.


Today, Jon's mom (and my soon to be mother in law!) reminded us that in 200 days we will be Mr. and Mrs.! I am beyond excited to be Jon's wife. I guess that means that I can't get mad at people when they call me "Ma'am" because I will officially be a married woman….oh well, small price to pay!
Here is a picture of me showing off my "Future Mrs. Renbarger" shirt, which was a present from my friend Heather.


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To "govern" means to "rule", so in my view it can never be acceptable to anarchists, who are by definition believers in no-rule.
The examples given here relate rather to mutual-help organizations and commercial enterprises. The first can be any grouping, like a neighborhood recreation club or a working-men's beneficent society; yes it's usual for members to elect a board or set of administrators, often unpaid, but those folk do not rule or govern it. If any member is dissatisfied (s)he can leave easily. And form a rival, if he wants.
For building projects large and small, commercial enterprises do the job and again, these are voluntary associations that invite capital and sell shares and make profits for distribution. Any shareholder (part owner) dissatisfied can sell his stock and leave; nobody governs him, compelling him to submit. Employees, too, can quit if the boss becomes tiresome or if he hears a better offer.
So I suggest the word "govern" applies to neither of these useful types of group, and that the terms "government" and "state" are virtually interchangeable; also that governors (rulers) never "serve". On the contrary, they are served. Alas.
kent. thank you for the article. i sent to folks, hoping to get them to begin to question. thanks.
Government is one form of social organization.
Govern means to restrict. Government means to restrict society, as in anti-freedom. What separates government from any other form of social organization is that it uses systematic coercion/force/murder/destruction to impose edicts. Most have a monopoly on the initiation of force.
A bunch of people get together to hire a person/persons to say magic special words at religious ceremonies and write spells on paper to dictate what everyone within a claimed territory will pay do and be, then hire an army of people in funny clothes with weapons to hunt everyone in the territory and make them do what the papers say or else be stolen from, abducted and caged, assaulted or even murdered and their property destroyed.
It's a violent terrorist religious cult is what it is, ...dressed up as legitimate with a bunch of BS attached. But at it's core, it's just a big gang.
If you remove the element of force, it must ask permission, association becomes voluntary and it therefore must operate as a social management service subject to supply/demand. It no longer qualifies as "government" because you can decline.
I can see your point; I've made the same point myself. But people keep insisting that you can govern yourself or your group without theft, aggression, and coercion. I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt here-- and it really doesn't matter much to me. If your group is purely voluntary and doesn't violate anyone, call it whatever you want. I'm OK with it. And, almost everyone means "with coercion" when they use the word "government", which is why I usually use it that way, too. Few people understand what you mean when you refer to states, and just think of Texas or something.
" If your group is purely voluntary and doesn't violate anyone, call it whatever you want. I'm OK with it. "
That is a good summary of my position.
It's so simple. It's either voluntary or it isn't. If it isn't, it's slavery. If it is voluntary, it has no rulers and is anarchy.
Tolerate nothing but anarchy. Manage anarchy however you want, but Libertarianism is the best/correct answer. What is liberty? Freedom governed by respect for rights. Live - Let live. Add the golden rule and viola'; world peace.
So why do you suppose that's so difficult to grasp for so many? ..or maybe humans are typically a rubbish species unwilling and thus incapable of peaceful coexistence?


There are three types of ovarian cancer: the common epithelial type (90% of cases) that arises from the cells on the outside lining of the ovary; the germ cell type that arises from the cells which produce eggs; and the uncommon stromal type arising from supporting tissues within the ovary.
Ovarian cancer is the eighth most common cancer-affecting women in Australia.
The background risk for women having ovarian cancer is 1 in 70 without any family history of breast or ovarian cancer. This risk can be as high as 1 in 2 in some inherited conditions (such as the Breast and Ovarian Cancer gene BRCA 1). Dr Farrell will conduct a thorough family and personal history to determine any significant risk factors in your history such as a history of ovarian or breast cancer.
If any of the above symptoms persist for more then one a few weeks, particularly over the age of 40 or with a family or personal history of breast or ovarian cancer, an ultrasound of the pelvis and tumour markers (CA125, CEA, CA19.9) are recommended to further investigate the problem. CT scanning may also be utilised depending on the situation as this has a more global look at the rest of the abdomen, which can often be involved, with cancer of the ovary. As much information as possible from imaging, blood tests, history and examination will allow Dr Farrell to give you the most accurate assessment preoperatively and ultimately the correct and complete treatment first time.
Ovarian cancer often presents when it has spread beyond the ovaries. A common staging system is the FIGO (International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics) system, which records the extent by whether it remains in the ovary (Stage 1), has spread to other pelvic structures (Stage 2), or has spread into the lining of the abdomen, with or without fluid (ascites) (Stage 3). Physical examination (including a pelvic exam), CT scans and/or PET CT scans, and a blood test to measure CA125, are used to investigate the clinical stage of the cancer.
Treatment depends on the extent of the cancer and the type of cancer cell. Surgery is used to determine the surgical stage (extent) of disease. If the ovarian cancer is localized and of low-grade type, surgery is the mainstay of treatment and chemotherapy may not be required. If the cancer has spread, or is of high-grade type, both surgery and chemotherapy will be required. Fertility sparing procedures for appropriate tumours may be possible and will be discussed fully preoperatively.
The important aims of treatment are to remove as much of the cancer as possible with expert surgery to the pelvis and abdomen, with the use of chemotherapy before and/or after surgery to kill any remaining microscopic cells. All treatment decisions will be individualised to suite patient's needs and requirements.
All cancer results are reviewed weekly by expert gynaecological pathologists and presented by Dr Farrell at a multidisciplinary tumour meeting to ensure the highest possible standards of care are attained.
Dr Farrell is a Certified Gynaecological Oncologist (CGO) and has the special training and expertise required to enable the highest probability of achieving the goal of removing all of the cancer cells (no visible disease). Studies show that if all of the disease visible to the naked eye can be removed surgically, survival is improved. Dr Farrell also works with other specialised surgeons (peritonectomy surgeons, and trained upper GIT and colorectal surgeons, where needed), and they work together when required to ensure the best surgical result is achieved.
Choices for chemotherapy following surgery include chemotherapy infused through the veins (intravenous), or heated chemotherapy given into the abdominal cavity immediately following the surgical procedure (heated intraperitoneal chemotherapy, or HIPEC, if performed at St George Hospital), or a combination of both types of treatment.
Dr Farrell keeps up to date constantly with the evidence for the best treatments available to ensure that you receive the highest standard of care for the best survival outcomes following a diagnosis of gynaecological cancer.
Dr Farrell will coordinate follow up after treatment is completed, with 3 monthly reviews for 2 years, then 6 monthly reviews for a further 3 years at minimum.
For more information follow the link to the Cancer Council Booklet for ovarian cancer information on this website.


Days Gone is an action-adventure survival horror game set in a post-apocalyptic open world, played from a third-person perspective. The player controls Deacon St. John (Sam Witwer), a former outlaw-turned-drifter and bounty hunter who prefers life on the road to wilderness encampments. The game takes place two years after a global pandemic occurred which killed almost all of humanity, and transformed millions of others into "Freakers", mindless zombie-like creatures that are quickly evolving. In the E3 2016 stage demo, two types of "Freakers" were revealed, Newts and Hordes. In the E3 2017 stage demo, infected animals such as bears and wolves were revealed to also comprise the "Freakers", and human enemies are revealed to be featured in the game as well.
The player can complete objectives in multiple ways, such as by using stealth or long and short ranged weapons. A dynamic weather system and day-night cycle will also feature, making "Freakers" weak and slow by day but fast and strong by night. Deacon's main transportation vehicle is a motorcycle that can be modified with parts to enhance its speed, durability or maneuverability, among other parameters. The player is able to craft new items to improve combat efficiency.


I just spent an amazing weekend with one of my favorite mentors; Dicken Bettinger. He is a remarkable human being who imparts such simple wisdom effortlessly. I will be saying much more about what he had to say and any realizations I had for myself in later posts.
It's been a busy and creative summer. If you don't already know, I am one half of a podcasting partnership called, "Wise Women Speak" in which we give voice to the wisdom in women. We've been posting new episodes weekly, so please take a listen and if you feel so inclined, please give it a rating and a review (it helps us spread the word more easily).
I'm also partnering with another colleague to present some coaching programs and a book that we've been writing for the last year. It's release date should be in the fall.
Finally, here are my musings for this week...enjoy and be well.
Many years ago I experienced a terrible bout of Vertigo. If you've never experienced it before, count yourself lucky. It can be truly debilitating and frightening.
Only a short while ago, I experienced a recurrence of this condition and went to the doctor to see if there was anything new that they'd discovered that could help with this situation or at the very least the duration of the episodes. The doctor proceeded to tell me something that, on its surface, appeared to be absolutely counter-intuitive.
He advised me to encourage a state of Vertigo by swinging my head upside down and side to side. Needless to say, I was shocked by such a suggestion as even the mere thought of inducing Vertigo created a queasy feeling within my system.
Up until that point, I had been calculatingly careful in the placement of my head...keeping it perfectly still and steady so as not to inadvertently trigger an 'episode'.
What I realized, however, was that in all of my efforts to ward off the Vertigo, I had unwittingly created even more tension and resistance within my body, which, ultimately resulted in an even bigger reaction once the Vertigo hit.
By inviting the Vertigo rather than resisting it, I was, in effect, working with my system and allowing it to do what it needed to do to self-correct. My well-intentioned efforts at control had unwittingly done the opposite.
So it is with our emotions. Often in resisting what we don't want to experience rather than allowing it to run its course, we create an even bigger 'monster' that ends up persisting despite our best efforts to the contrary.
There is wisdom in the expression, 'what you resist, persists," whether we are talking about Vertigo or our emotions.
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Mexican Governor Denies Corruption as President Looks on
In this April 3, 2020 file photo, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador waves to supporters in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)
By CARLOS RODRÍGUEZ, Associated Press
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An opposition-party Mexican governor suddenly engulfed in a national scandal defended his integrity Wednesday alongside President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who has played a part in embarrassing him.
Just a day earlier, López Obrador had displayed to reporters a widely circulated video of unknown provenance showing two men stuffing stacks of cash into a duffel bag. One of those men was a longtime close aide to Querétaro Gov. Francisco Domínguez, an outspoken critic of the president, who López Obrador visited Wednesday.
Domínguez quickly fired the aide and insisted he knew nothing about any misdeeds.
"I don't have anything to fear, nothing to be ashamed of and nothing to hide," Domínguez said, while defending his support for an energy reform that is the focus of a probe into bribery. López Obrador had fiercely opposed the reform.
In his earlier role as a senator, "I presented the [reform] personally in the name of my party," Domínguez said. "I've always been convinced the reform was beneficial for the country…. There was no need to give me money for my vote which was already given out of personal conviction."
While it is unclear who shot the video, or when, the president has connected it to a formal legal complaint filed by Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Mexico's state-run oil company. Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero said last week that Lozoya alleges former President Enrique Peña Nieto and his finance secretary Luis Videgaray directed him to bribe lawmakers —including five senators— to support the controversial energy and other structural reforms. Gertz did not name the lawmakers.
At that time of the alleged bribes Domínguez was a senator from the central state of Querétaro for the conservative National Action Party.
He said earlier this week that he had no knowledge of what his aide was doing in the video.
After months on the run, Lozoya was arrested in Spain in February and extradited to Mexico in July after agreeing to cooperate with investigators. He faces corruption charges related to Pemex's overvalued purchase of a fertilizer plant and to millions in dollars of bribes from Brazilian construction firm Odebrecht.
And his apparent cooperation is already shaking the highest levels of Mexican politics—particularly among López Obrador's rivals.
In addition to the alleged bribes for lawmakers, Lozoya has told prosecutors that Peña Nieto and Videgaray told him to use $4 million from Odebrecht to pay foreign campaign consultants for work on Peña Nieto's 2012 election campaign. That campaign put his Institutional Revolutionary Party back in power after 12 years in the opposition.
Peña Nieto, who is reported to live abroad, and Videgaray have not spoken publicly since the allegations emerged last week. Neither Videgaray nor his assistant at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have responded to emails seeking comment and Peña Nieto's former chief of staff also did not respond.
On Wednesday, López Obrador, who has made fighting corruption the centerpiece of his administration, demurred when asked to comment on the allegations in front of Domínguez.
"Why don't we leave it for another time," the president said.
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▪ When you are finished, take your poster to your school office by Oct. 21.
Posters will be collected from Centre County schools on Oct. 24 and judged by a panel of community members. Judges will select 12 posters, which will be made into a 2017 calendar that will be available to students. Our local Weis Market stores will have the calendars available to the public in December.
The artists who create the 12 winning posters will receive a $25 gift card to Weis Markets and a Buddy Bench for their school.
Buddy Benches have become a popular addition to playgrounds across the country. A Buddy Bench is a simple idea to foster friendship on the playground. Children who are feeling lonely or left out can sit on the Buddy Bench as a means to let others know they are looking for a friend to play with. Trex makes each Buddy Bench from 10,000 recycled plastic grocery bags.
Buddy Benches will be delivered to the schools in the spring.
Additional information regarding the contest can be found at www.centrecountyrecycles.org.
Speaking of schools and recycling, I would be remiss if I did not mention the accomplishments of the Park Forest Elementary School Zero Waste Team. Four members of the ZWT — Adam Cooper, Adam Lieb, Robert Rothrock and Elijah Snyder — were invited to the White House last month to receive the President's Environmental Youth Award.
The award was the culmination of various awards and honors the team received throughout 2016. Their efforts were recognized by the Chesapeake Bay Consortium, the Professional Recyclers of Pennsylvania, the Pa. Departments of Conservation and Natural Resources, Education and Environmental Protection as well as the Centre County Recycling & Refuse Authority.
A Park Forest Elementary video depicting the ZWT program placed first in the 9th annual PROP Recycling FilmFest in July. The video can be viewed at PROP's YouTube Channel or at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PcYWg7dmAE.
Park Forest Elementary School students, staff and faculty have worked hard to successfully divert 85 percent of school waste from the landfill. Their road to becoming a zero waste school speaks to their commitment to being wonderful environmental stewards. We are so very proud their hard work and dedication has led them on the path to the White House.


In this original and engaging work, author Kent Puckett looks at how British filmmakers imagined, saw, and sought to represent its war during wartime through film. The Second World War posed unique representational challenges to Britain's filmmakers. Because of its logistical enormity, the unprecedented scope of its destruction, its conceptual status as total, and the way it affected everyday life through aerial bombing, blackouts, rationing, and the demands of total mobilization, World War II created new, critical opportunities for cinematic representation. Beginning with a close and critical analysis of Britain's cultural scene, War Pictures examines where the historiography of war, the philosophy of violence, and aesthetics come together. Focusing on three films made in Britain during the second half of the Second World War—Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Lawrence Olivier's Henry V (1944), and David Lean's Brief Encounter (1945)—Puckett treats these movies as objects of considerable historical interest but also as works that exploit the full resources of cinematic technique to engage with the idea, experience, and political complexity of war. By examining how cinema functioned as propaganda, criticism, and a form of self-analysis, War Pictures reveals how British filmmakers, writers, critics, and politicians understood the nature and consequence of total war as it related to ideas about freedom and security, national character, and the daunting persistence of human violence. While Powell and Pressburger, Olivier, and Lean developed deeply self-conscious wartime films, their specific and strategic use of cinematic eccentricity was an aesthetic response to broader contradictions that characterized the homefront in Britain between 1939 and 1945. This stylistic eccentricity shaped British thinking about war, violence, and commitment as well as both an answer to and an expression of a more general violence. Although War Pictures focuses on a particularly intense moment in time, Puckett uses that particularity to make a larger argument about the pressure that war puts on aesthetic representation, past and present. Through cinema, Britain grappled with the paradoxical notion that, in order to preserve its character, it had not only to fight and to win but also to abandon exactly those old decencies, those "sporting-club rules," that it sought also to protect.


There is a clear case for financial education efforts and this must imply a shared responsibility between all actors: private and public bodies, educational and financial institutions, NGOs, the academic sector, consumers and other stakeholders reflecting a joint commitment between them.
How WSBI-ESBG members can contribute in financial education efforts.
Financial education is the process by which financial consumers / investors improve their understanding of financial products, concepts and risks and, through information, instruction and/or objective advice, develop the skills and confidence to become more aware of financial risks and opportunities, to make informed choices, to know where to go for help, and to take other effective actions to improve their financial well-being.
WSBI-ESBG is an affiliate member of the OECD International Network on Financial Education, or OECD-INFE. The OECD and its INFE provide a unique policy forum for governments to exchange views and experiences on this issue. OECD-INFE serves as a platform to collect data on financial literacy, develop analytical and comparative reports, research, and develop policy instruments. More than 230 public institutions from over 100 countries have joined the OECD-INFE.


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