8/3/2019 David L. McKenna for San Bernardino City Attorney 2011 Campaign Flier 2 Front

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" ... Mr. Penman has helped incite fear, prejudice, andhatred within our community."James F. Penman ... has publicly embarrassed theCity of San Bernardino ...City Council Resolution No. 2001-7, Censuring JimPenman, January 8.2001

"San Bernardino voters can take no stronger step to improvethe quality of city government than replacing the current cityattorney."Incumbent James Penman has held the job for two decades,a tenure marked by publicity seeking, political grandstanding,policy meddling and self-aggrandizement. Penman provides adisruptive and distracting presence that hinders city governmeThe Press-Enterprise editorial, September 30, 2007

"San Bernardino isn't 'Boss' Penman's town. He's justthe city attorney, and it's both revealing and disturbingthat he doesn't seem to grasp that."The Press-Enterprise editorial, January 5.2001

"Penman ... has by contrast been anything but a model ofcollaboration for the city's good. Rather, he has perpetuatedthe culture of confrontation and political brinksmanship thahas held the city back for too many years."San Bernardino Sun editorial, October 14.2009

"How do you trust an antic city attorney whose officialopinions are capriciously shaped to be self-serving,even at the expense of the city's interests? The answeris, you don't."The Press-Enterprise editorial on Jim Penman,July 11. 2001

"City Attorney Jim Penman, however, has been a disruptive,negative force in city politics for decades."His interference causes havoc and discord in a city that badneeds a unified approach to reversing the city's social andeconomic deterioration."The Press-Enterprise editorial, October 3.2010

"Most disturbing was hearing Penman shout downa church rector and diocese representative [duringpublic comments at a city council meeting]. Heinterrupted Sister Mary Martin when she attemptedto speak."Press Enterprise, February 7. 2003

VALLES ORDERSCITY ATTORNEY ARRESTED

Police chief says city attorney threatened hil"He looked toward me as I walked toward the exit," Kilmewrote, "and he said something like 'I suggest if you want tccontinue to fight we can go across the parking lot and do it.I was shocked at what I thought I heard and asked, 'Mr. CiAttorney, did you just challenge me to a fight?' "The Press-Enterprise, October 22. 2010

Headline, San Bernardino Sun, October 29. 2003 afterPenman continually disrupts city council meeting.

"For a number of years now, we've urged Penman to puthe political theatrics aside and focus on doing his job ascity attorney."San Bernardino Sun editorial on Jim Penman,September 28. 2011

Penman's antics growing tiresomeOUR VIEW: Even his supporters are growing weary ofthe San Bernardino city attorney's shenanigans.San Bernardino Sun, September 19.2007