California: Carson City Clerk facing petitions over fight, possibly related to stadium

Carson City Clerk Jim Dear, who served 11 years as mayor, is facing petitions over his "erratic behavior." The mayor and two councilmembers are among those who oppose Dear.Oone of the councilmembers, Jawane Hilton, could not be seated because Dear refused to finish counting the ballots for his election, leading to some lawsuits, an appointment of Hilton to a vacant council seat, and a diatribe by Dear, where he turned out the lights in the council chambers and disconnected the recording video feed. Dear is also accused of changing the location of polling places where one

The issue seems to be (in part, at least) a fight over the plan to build a stadium for the Chargers and Raiders.