Friday, March 20, 2009
WARREN — Brookfield citizens are taking a second shot at removing Brookfield School Board member Joseph Pasquerilla from office by filing a civil action against him in Trumbull County Common Pleas Court.
The action, signed by about 800 people, accuses Pasquerilla of numerous violations of the Ohio public meetings law and says Pasquerilla oversteps his authority as a board member and bullies others in order to run the school district’s day-to-day operations.
A citizens group called Save Our Schools filed a similar action in August 2007 seeking the removal of Pasquerilla and two other board members — Dean Fisher and Steven Varga. A judge later dismissed the suit. The board members argued the earlier suit lacked specifics.
This time, the suit asks for Pasquerilla’s ouster under a provision of Ohio law that allows a complaint to be filed and a common pleas court judge to decide whether a public official should be removed for his or her actions or inactions.
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