September 14, 2023 – Prospective Petition SEL 350: Statement
Beverly Calder, Mayor of Baker City, should be recalled for the following: 1. She stalled a special election per Oregon statute, citing an unprecedented and incoherent interpretation of the City Charter. 2. She attempted to hold a regular City Council meeting on September 12, 2023, without a quorum and only cancelled due to unsubstantiated safety concerns. 3. She attempted to illegally convene an official meeting on June 13, 2023, despite the lack of a quorum when four other Councilors weren’t present. 4. She unilaterally attempted to reappoint herself as Mayor without Council consent or even a written legal opinion. She simply removed the real Mayor’s name tag and took his seat. 5. She has had several disruptive outbursts during council sessions. One was June 27, 2023, when she repeatedly interrupted another councilor who was trying to make a motion, stood up, walked away from her seat, and sat in the audience. In April during councilor comment at a work session, she cut off another councilor’s remark with an accusation. 6. She organized protests and sought out negative media against fellow councilors, creating ill will and disfunction (sic). That disfunction directly led to the resignations of three council members.
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