According to their e-mail sent out on Monday, February 10, the Red Brennan Group planned the next day to deliver their petition, requesting their FP-5 repeal be placed on the November 2020 ballot. On behalf of proponents Rick Sayers, David Jarvi, and Charles Pruitt, they intended over 34,000 “raw” signatures to the San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters.
“Rather than tell the story of the signature gathering campaign, I point you all to the writeup in the San Bernardino County Sentinel. Here is the link: http://sbcsentinel.com/2020/02/top-county-lawyers-ploy-failed/. Long story short, we gathered well in excess of the actual number of signatures required by state law. A last minute assist from the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers’ Association helped us to clarify requirements with the county,” said Tom Murphy, sender of the e-mail.
The Red Brennan Group had filed suit against the County, who instituted the fire tax to all properties in the County; Mentone had joined in the lawsuit. The Group’s Facebook post for February 8, 2019 tells the story of the lcase and its end. [Ed.’s note: the same Judge Alvarez denied relief to Mentone in its lawsuit against Redlands’ takeover of Mentone territory; Mentone is awaiting the appellate court’s ruling on its petition for writ of mandate] to Judge Alvarez.]
“Please contact me at tmurphy@redbrennan.org if you have questions or comments,” he added, and gave his number as
(760) 810-5830.