San Gabriel Valley : SKUNK OR SWINE?

A La Puente citizens group is leading a recall against three council members they say misspent public funds on expensive meals, drained the city of reserves and mistreated the council’s only female member, Sally Holguin-Fallon.

The recall group calls itself Skunk Busters for Better Government.

The targets of the recall say there is another motive: a potbellied pig.

Recall supporters were livid when the council refused a resident’s request to keep a pig as a pet. Holguin-Fallon, who has sparred often with other members, supported the resident.

“The pig is the only reason people are helping her,” said Councilman Edward L. Chavez, who is being targeted with Joe V. Alderete and Louis Perez. “She didn’t have any support before the pig.”