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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18' 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 701 1 - 4 Healing Waters Church 820 Healing Waters Drive Colton, California 92324 (909) 824-2556 Pastor for Healing Waters Church r IN REV. STEPHEN T. ANDERSON In Reference to Item #14 of the January 5, 1999 Colton City Council Meeting, entitled, "Meeting.. to Discuss Election of City Council Members from Districts or at Large. "Adjourned to this date, January 6, 1999. TO THE CITY OF COLTON IN THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO STATE OF CALIFORNIA Declaration of (Public Comments of Reverend Steve Anderson: Greetings Honorable Mayor, Council, Staff and Citizens of the City of Colton. We are gathered here this evening purportedly for the publicized and stated purpose of a "Meeting -to Discuss Election of City Council Members from Districts or at Large. " (See 1/5/99 Colton Council Meeting Agenda, Item #14) However, the actual "hidden" purpose of this meeting, in part, is to "identify issues... with respect to... recall efforts... " (See 12/28/98 City Manager "Memorandum," attached as exhibit 1.) With the "true" nature of this meeting now exposed, I direct my public comments to issues with respect to recall efforts. The improper notice and hidden definition of this meeting is reason in and of itself to recall the responsible parties. Recently, The City Council is on record as being opposed to recalls of its Council members in the City of Colton. Conversely, I, as many others, am in favor of the citizens' right to recall (See May 1998 letter to the editor from Rev. Steve Anderson, attached as exhibit 2.) as set forth in Article 2, Section 13, of the California Constitution, which states "Recall is `the power' of the electors to remove an elective officer." (See California Constitution, attached as exhibit 3.) 1 28 II emphasize, Recall is the power. Not merely the right, or privilege, but "the power" REPLY DECLARATION OF REV. STEPHEN T. ANDERSON Page i