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SAN BERNARDINO – The San Bernardino City Council voted late Monday night to send an ultimatum to a local church that hosts an Operation Phoenix youth center after council members received a leaked memo reporting that a registered sex offender had performed work on the premises.The council voted 5-0, following the recommendation of Councilwoman Wendy McCammack, to inform the leadership of First Church of the Nazarene that City Hall will stop paying rent to lease space at the church’s campus unless the congregation agrees to never allow any registered sex offenders to set foot on the facility.
Council members Esther Estrada, Tobin Brinker, Fred Shorett and Chas Kelley voted in favor of McCammack’s plan. Council members Dennis Baxter and Rikke Van Johnson were reportedly ill and not present at the meeting.
Representatives from First Church of the Nazarene were not present at the meeting to respond.
The unknown party who made a confidential memo into a public concern did so as little more than a month remains before the Nov. 3 city elections.
The sex offender issue arose Monday after an unknown party delivered a confidential memo to each council member’s place on the dais. The document was set out before the start of Monday’s council meeting.
The document, written by Police Chief Keith Kilmer, reported that a registered sex offender had performed work at the church, which is home to three children’s facilities, including city’s first Operation Phoenix recreational center.
Filed under: Civil Liberties, Education Industrial Complex, Information, Prison Industrial Complex, Privacy, Religion Industrial Complex, San Bernardino County, SB City | Tagged: Chas Kelley, Dennis Baxter, Esther Estrada, First Church of the Nazarene, Fred Shorett, James F. Penman, Keith Kilmer, Kevin Hawkins, Operation Phoenix, Rikke Van Johnson, San Bernardino, San Bernardino City Council, SOAR Charter Academy, Tobin Brinker, Valley Christian Preschool, Wendy McCammack | Leave a comment »
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