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Jan 19, 2021 In a brief filed in district court this week, City of Norman attorneys say several arguments in a lawsuit between a city councilor and the city clerk are unconstitutional. After the clerk certified a recall petition for Ward 3 Alison Petrone in September, Petrone filed a legal challenge in court alleging insufficient signature gathering practices and the failure of proponents to follow state law for petition procedures. Petrone’s attorneys accused Unite Norman of fraudulent signature gathering practices. The group formed in June 2020 to recall odd-numbered councilors and the...

Jan 12, 2021 Unite Norman will be heard in an ongoing recall petition lawsuit after a judge granted the group’s motion to intervene Tuesday morning in district court. The group, which formed to recall odd-numbered ward councilors last summer, has asked the court to hear its side of the story after Ward 3 Alison Petrone filed a lawsuit against the city clerk and alleged Unite Norman engaged in fraudulent signature gathering practices. In the lawsuit, she stated Unite Norman did not follow applicable state laws for recall petitions, The Transcript has previously reported. Petrone’s re...

Dec 11, 2020 A letter from an attorney representing Sassan Moghadam urges the city to schedule a recall election for Ward 3 Alison Petrone and questions the validity of an ongoing lawsuit. Moghadam hired retired district judge Steven Stice, an attorney now practicing for the Talley, Turner, Stice & Bertram law firm. Co-founders of Unite Norman Moghadam and Russell Smith filed for and circulated the petitions in July to recall odd-numbered ward councilors and the mayor. After the city clerk certified enough signatures to recall Petrone, the councilor challenged the sufficiency of signatures in...

Dec 11, 2020 A letter from an attorney representing Sassan Moghadam urges the city to schedule a recall election for Ward 3 Alison Petrone and questions the validity of an ongoing lawsuit. Moghadam hired retired district judge Steven Stice, an attorney now practicing for the Talley, Turner, Stice & Bertram law firm. Co-founders of Unite Norman Moghadam and Russell Smith filed for and circulated the petitions in July to recall odd-numbered ward councilors and the mayor. After the city clerk certified enough signatures to recall Petrone, the councilor challenged the sufficiency of signatures in...