Mention government shutdowns and most people think about standoffs in Congress. But in the Bay Area, which has long been synonymous with protest, a different kind of government shutdown has become increasingly common from the streets to school board meetings, protesters are becoming civic disruptors.
A campaign to recall two board members of Sunol Glen Unified School district, formally announced just two days ago, is already rapidly gaining momentum after the district’s teacher’s union on Monday expressed its support for the effort. A recall election seemed all but inevitable after Linda Hurley and Ryan Jergensen, two members of the three-person Sunol Glen school board, pushed through a measure that banned the school south of Dublin from flying the Pride flag on campus in September. “It is
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Sunol School Board President Ryan Jergensen and Trustee Linda Hurley received official recall intent notices last week, marking the first step in the process aimed at ousting the board majority in the weeks after the small district.