{"id":44228,"date":"2013-10-09T19:18:42","date_gmt":"2013-10-10T02:18:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=44228"},"modified":"2015-02-14T22:46:49","modified_gmt":"2015-02-15T06:46:49","slug":"council-candidate-files-motion-to-reinstate-palmdale-city-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/10\/09\/council-candidate-files-motion-to-reinstate-palmdale-city-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"Candidate files motion to reinstate Palmdale city elections"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_44229\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44229\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Richard-Loa.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-44229\" src=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Richard-Loa-300x293.jpg\" alt=\"Richard Loa\" width=\"300\" height=\"293\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Richard-Loa-300x293.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/Richard-Loa.jpg 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44229\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard Loa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em><strong>By Palmdale resident Richard Loa<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Palmdale City Council candidate Richard Loa has filed a separate legal motion to join with the City of Palmdale in asking the California Appellate Court (Division 5) to reinstate the November 5th city elections that were cancelled by a County Judge.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have retained the highly respected law firm of Strumwasser and Woocher to fight for the people of Palmdale,\u201d Loa stated in a news release.\u00a0 \u201cMy legal Counsel, Fred Woocher, has built a reputation as one of the most successful and pre-eminent election law attorneys in California if not the entire nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe residents of Palmdale are being cheated of our Constitutional right to elect city leaders because of a Judge\u2019s misguided interpretation of California voting laws as applied to Palmdale,\u201d continued Loa.\u00a0 \u201cCancelling the election is an inappropriate action that would disenfranchise every voter in our City.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cState law gives charter cities like Palmdale much greater latitude in determining the manner of local elections,\u201d said Loa. \u201cJudicial rulings in legal cases throughout recent history have favored charter cities when a conflict exists between state election law and city election law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am asking the Appellate Court to step in and restore common sense by allowing the November 5th Palmdale city elections to proceed.\u00a0 There is simply no legal or moral justification for stopping an election when residents have already received their ballots and are casting their votes,\u201d concluded Loa.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<h4><em><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Disclaimer<\/span>: The views expressed in this article are the author\u2019s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of The AV Times.<\/em><\/h4>\n<p><em>Email <a href=\"mailto:letters@theavtimes.com\">letters@theavtimes.com<\/a> to submit a story to <em>Your Issues | Your News<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>Previous related stories:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a title=\"Palmdale to appeal judge\u2019s decision to cancel council election\" href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/09\/30\/palmdale-to-appeal-judges-decision-to-cancel-city-council-election\/\" target=\"_blank\">Palmdale to appeal judge\u2019s decision to cancel council election<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><a title=\"Shenkman\/Parris file injunction to halt Palmdale election\" href=\"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2013\/09\/19\/shenkmanparris-file-injunction-to-halt-palmdale-election\/\" 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