Councilman being sued, still
Talk about a bad week for local politicians.
Between Dolores Holguin, Steven Johnson and now Gary Clifford from Glendora, SGV officials are getting slammed.
GLENDORA - Two young Glendora women arrested last year for putting stickers on the political signs of Glendora elected leaders can take their lawsuit against Councilman Gary Clifford to trial, a judge ruled today.
However, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Terry Green said that, from his perspective, the lawsuit involves "small town politics" and "a campaign prank" and should never go before a jury.
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Keleigh Marshall and Christina Giammalva, both 19, filed the suit against Clifford in May 2007, alleging false arrest and both intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress.
The stickers the women placed on the signs on Feb. 19, 2007, read, "This sign violates Glendora city ordinance," a reference to Glendora's law prohibiting campaign signs on public property.
They were confronted by Clifford, who was among those running for re-election and was eventually successful in holding his seat, according to the women.
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The women maintain they were handcuffed by the side of the road and taken to the station in separate patrol cars. They said they were booked, searched and kept in jail for four hours, interrogated separately and not allowed to talk to their parents and lawyers.
What I don't: the judge apparently said he did not think the case should ever go before a jury. But he ruled to let it go to trial anyway.
Go figure.
