Board plans fight to deny trustee's seat to inmate
Newly elected trustee Randy L. Hale's seat is empty as the Romoland school board considers its options for replacing him
By Leezel Tanglao, The Press-Enterprise, December 14, 2005
HOMELAND - Two of the three candidates elected to seats on the Romoland School District board last month were sworn into office Tuesday night, but it was the third trustee-elect, the one who could not attend the board meeting, who attracted the most attention.
Randy L. Hale couldn't take the oath of office with Cindy Bohn and Gerard "Gary" Reller because he still is an inmate at the California Institution for Men in Chino, where he has been serving time for a parole violation since Sept. 21.
Even if Hale had attended the meeting Tuesday, school district attorneys said he could not have been sworn in because he was not eligible for election or for a seat on the board.
But he still was provided a seat at the board's table, complete with a nameplate that read "Randy L. Hale."
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