School Board Recall Petitions Reported Stolen
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A petition to recall a Bassett Unified School Board member that contains thousands of signatures has been reported stolen after a break-in at the La Puente campaign headquarters of the recall group, authorities said Thursday.
Curt Hettinger, who is coordinating the recall drive against board member Brenda Johnson, told sheriff’s deputies about the purported theft at the strip mall office of the group known as Bassett Parents for Our Children.
He told deputies the box containing petitions that were ready for the county registrar-recorder and documents on who collected them were the only items stolen, authorities said.
“We had 2,633 signatures. More than we needed,” Hettinger said. “Somebody broke in with the single-minded purpose of taking those signatures.”
The group had until Thursday to force a recall election by turning in more than 2,000 valid voters signatures.
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