Topic: Petition to Remove Commissioner Linda K. Tuttle
started by: alcitizens
Posted by alcitizens on Jul. 04 2010,10:51 am
Voters from the 5th District of Freeborn County Please Sign Petition at the Link Below to Remove Linda K. Tuttle as Commissioner, Thank You
< http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/lindatuttle >
Tuttle, who is a 5TH District County Commissioner and President of Albert Lea Abstract, is charged with one count of felony theft.
In a criminal complaint, authorities claim Tuttle transferred money from her client's escrow accounts into her business accounts, then used the interest and some of the money for her own personal use.
Tuttle apparently transferred nearly $600,000 since January.
Police say she used roughly $48,000 of that.
Posted by MADDOG on Jul. 04 2010,8:04 pm
I'd say your petition is using a portion of my post in another thread. I was speaking off the top of my head QUOTE
The voting district would need to bring a petition before the board showing 25% of the voting public in her district want her removed. I believe it only requires 25% of the total number who voted in the last election.
without looking the statute back up. Have you verified that? However, it's nice to know that you would start a petition like this just on my word. You obviously believe I know what I'm talking about.
You also have to file the proper petition.
Posted by alcitizens on Jul. 04 2010,11:28 pm
I don't know what the frik I'm doing, I'm just doing.. 
Statute? File?
Remove this topic if you want..
Posted by Newbie on Jul. 05 2010,11:29 am
Why is there no link on the county site to the county by-laws? 
351.14 DEFINITIONS.
Subdivision 1. Applicability. The definitions in this section apply to sections 351.14 to 351.23.
Subd. 2. Malfeasance. “Malfeasance” means the willful commission of an unlawful or wrongful act
in the performance of a public official’s duties which is outside the scope of the authority of the public
official and which infringes on the rights of any person or entity.
Subd. 3. Nonfeasance. “Nonfeasance” means the willful failure to perform a specific act which is a
required part of the duties of the public official.
Subd. 4. Misfeasance. “Misfeasance” means the negligent performance of the duties of a public
official or the negligent failure to perform a specific act which is a required part of the duties of the public
official.
Subd. 5. Elected county official. “Elected county official” means any public official who is elected
to countywide office or appointed to an elective countywide office, including county attorney, county
sheriff, county auditor, county recorder, and county treasurer. “Elected county official” also means a
county commissioner elected or appointed from a commissioner district.
History: 1986 c 418 s 1
351.15 REMOVAL OF ELECTED COUNTY OFFICIAL.
An elected county official may be removed from office in accordance with the procedures
established in sections 351.14 to 351.23.
History: 1986 c 418 s 2
351.16 PETITION; REVIEW.
Subdivision 1. Form of petition. Any registered voter may petition the county auditor requesting a
removal election and setting forth facts which allege with specificity that an elected county official
committed malfeasance or nonfeasance in the performance of official duties during the current or any
previous term in the office held by the elected county official, except that a petition may not be submitted
during the 180 days immediately preceding a general election for the office which is held by the county
official named in the petition. The petitioner must attach to the petition documents which contain the
signatures of supporters who are registered voters totaling at least 25 percent of the number of persons
who voted in the preceding election for the office which is held by the county official named in the
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petition. Each page on which signatures are included must clearly identify the purpose of the petition. The
registered voters must be residents of the county or, in a removal election involving a county
commissioner, of the commissioner district which elected the named county commissioner. The
signatures of supporters must be on forms provided by the county auditor.
Subd. 2. County auditor’s duties. The county auditor shall examine the petition to determine
whether it contains the requisite number of valid signatures of registered voters. If so, the county auditor
shall forward the petition, but not the signatures, to the clerk of appellate courts within 15 days of receipt
of the petition. If the county auditor determines that the petition does not include the requisite number of
signatures, the county auditor shall deny the petition within 15 days of receipt of the petition.
Subd. 3. Removal of county auditor. If the county auditor is the named elected county official, the
petition must be submitted to the chair of the county board of commissioners who shall appoint a county
official to perform the duties of the county auditor specified in sections 351.14 to 351.23.
Subd. 4. Limitation. An elected county official is not subject to a removal election on the ground
that misfeasance in the performance of official duties was committed, or on the ground of disagreement
with actions taken that were within the lawful discretion of the elected county official.
Posted by bianca on Jul. 05 2010,12:53 pm
alcitizens,This is a great idea, whether or not this sort of thing would be binding doesn't really matter in my opinion. Because once you get the names then it would be easier to have these people who signed online, sign on an official document as long as you have their names. It's just too bad you didn't ask for their addresses to make sure they are in the 5th ward, but IMO, you did good.
Kudos, on making an effort. 
Another thing is you could always write a letter to the editor explaining how someone would be able to sign. It seems to me that would be easier than canvassing for starters anyways. You could always call the county administrator and/or one of the other council members to see how to get the ball rolling. Obviously, the woman has no intentions on resigning and as a citizen in her ward, I sure as heck don't want a crook representing me.
Posted by MADDOG on Jul. 05 2010,2:16 pm
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It's just too bad you didn't ask for their addresses to make sure they are in the 5th ward, but IMO, you did good.
Although most of us know what you mean or maybe you're confusing her with her cohort, Kehr? Tuttle is a comissioner is district 5, Kehr is a 3rd ward concilman. You don't necessarily need addresses. The auditor's office will have the people who voted in the last election on file.
Posted by pantalonesverdes on Jul. 05 2010,4:29 pm
(alcitizens @ Jul. 04 2010,11:28 pm)
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I don't know what the frik I'm doing, I'm just doing..
Statute? File?
Remove this topic if you want..
Statute? File?
Remove this topic if you want..
Understatement of the year.
Posted by alcitizens on Jul. 05 2010,8:03 pm
(pantalonesverdes @ Jul. 05 2010,4:29 pm)
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Understatement of the year.I can't accept that award Panty, you deserve it more than I for your now famous quote "Not some where there was none".
Posted by pantalonesverdes on Jul. 06 2010,9:02 am
You make no sense.