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Group says San Bernardino councilwoman avoiding recall process
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May 8, 2013
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Group says San Bernardino councilwoman avoiding recall process
Six of San Bernardino's council members have been given legal notice, but Councilwoman Wendy McCammack has been accused of deliberately avoiding being served with recall papers by a city recall group.
San Bernardino city council caps a 3-hour budget hearing by grimly approving authorization for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
San Bernardino city council caps a 3-hour budget hearing by grimly approving authorization for Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection.
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Six of San Bernardino's council members have been given legal notice, but Councilwoman Wendy McCammack has been accused of deliberately avoiding being served with recall papers by a city recall group.

San Bernardino's troubles are well-documented: bankruptcy, high foreclosure rates, rising crime. Now a few angry citizens are trying to get rid of the entire seven-member city council, as well as the mayor and the city attorney, with a recall campaign.  

Six of the council members have been given legal notice, but the seventh  — Councilwoman Wendy McCammack — has been accused of deliberately avoiding being served with recall papers by a city recall group. 

With more is Ryan Hagen, a reporter with the San Bernardino Sun who has been covering the recall process.