Una organizaci\u00f3n de La Jolla acusada de pr\u00e1cticas electorales injustas debe permitir que dos finalistas se sienten en su junta, dictamin\u00f3 un juez el viernes 8 de febrero.
\u201cEste podr\u00eda ser el comienzo de la reforma de Promotion La Jolla\u201d, dijo Steve Haskins, abogado de los dos demandantes.
Despu\u00e9s de escuchar los argumentos de ambas partes, el juez John S. Meyer concluy\u00f3 que Nancy Warwick y Bob Collins, "dos due\u00f1os de negocios de La Jolla que se postularon en una elecci\u00f3n de Promotion La Jolla en octubre de 2007", ocupar\u00e1n dos vacantes en la junta de Promotion La Jolla (PLJ). de Directores.
Attorneys for PLJ, the not-for-profit business improvement district for the village of La Jolla, argued that although both Collins and Warwick could fill vacancies left by two members who were found to be ineligible, that alternative would disenfranchise the voters. They asked the judge for a new election.
Meyer dijo que el problema parec\u00eda simple.
Despu\u00e9s de que dos personas que hab\u00edan estado en la junta directiva durante a\u00f1os "" Izzy Tihanyi y Gregory Rizzi "" fueran declaradas inelegibles, renunciaron a su mandato.
Meyer dijo que el siguiente paso ser\u00eda \u201cdar esos puestos a los siguientes m\u00e1s votados\u201d.
En lo que respecta a las vacantes, dijo Meyer, PLJ podr\u00eda haber designado personas para completar su mandato anterior. Pero Warwick y Collins ocupar\u00edan los puestos este pr\u00f3ximo per\u00edodo.
\u201cParece obvio, al menos para m\u00ed\u201d, dijo Meyer. "Esto parece bastante sencillo".
The judge chastised the attorneys for Promote La Jolla, saying the board violated the bylaws when PLJ refused to allow Warwick and Collins to sit on the board of directors.
The La Jolla organization ferreted out the two members after a letter sent to PLJ President Deborah Marengo pointed out they were ineligible, mainly for their locations outside the PLJ district.
“How did these candidates get on the board in the first place?” Meyer asked.
Attorneys representing the La Jolla organization argued semantics, saying the board did not make a mistake. The lawyers also said the PLJ board is allowed to appoint a person to fill a vacancy, according to its bylaws.
After reading the bylaws, Myer said PLJ could not appoint a new board member every time there was a resignation.
“That would essentially make the election a sham, wouldn’t it?” Meyer asked. “Why not just have people resign, then appoint whoever you want?”
After listening to discussion between the two side’s attorneys, who tried to slide in La Jolla’s long-standing issue of paid on-street parking, the judge said this was a clinical issue, not a parking issue. He ruled in favor of Warwick and Collins.
Shauna L. Durrant, una de los dos abogados que representan a PLJ, le dijo al juez que apelar\u00eda si segu\u00eda adelante con su decisi\u00f3n.
\u201cEl tribunal deber\u00eda ordenar una nueva elecci\u00f3n, de lo contrario apelaremos\u201d, dijo Durrant. \u201cSolicito una suspensi\u00f3n de 10 d\u00edas de la orden, para que podamos perfeccionar una apelaci\u00f3n\u201d.
While running up an escalator away from the courtroom, Durrant declined any further comment. Although she told the judge she would appeal, she said she wasn’t sure what actions she would take on behalf of Promote La Jolla.
Warwick and Collins continue to wait for the judge to sign the order, Haskins said.
“The order has not been signed by the judge yet so there’s nothing we can do,” he said Wednesday morning.
Later that day, PLJ’s monthly meeting was scheduled. Haskins said his clients were in legal limbo but should be sitting on the board by “next week sometime.”
Although Meyer hadn’t signed the permanent order, Collins said yesterday that he and Warwick would attend the PLJ meeting later that day.
“We’re going to go to the meeting, and we’re going to see what they do,” Collins said. “If they choose not to seat us based on this technicality, I think Nancy and I will not say much to the issue.”
Collins said many supporters planned to attend the meeting with him and Warwick.
“I think if they want to wait another month, that will not sit too well with the audience,” he said.
Promote La Jolla meets the second Wednesday of every month at 3 p.m. at La Valencia hotel, 1132 Prospect St.
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