Pomona politics
Elliott Rothman presides over his first City Council meeting as mayor of Pomona, a city that has had a tumultuous year. His honeymoon lasted 14 minutes.
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Virginia Madrigal, a 62-year-old retired educator, at the Pomona City Council meeting. She accused the mayor and three of his allies on the council of orchestrating the removal of Police Chief Joe Romero. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
Pomona City Manager Linda Lowry attends the City Council meeting. Six days earlier, she had delivered the news to Police Chief Joe Romero, a 33-year veteran, that he was done. (Ken Hively / Los Angeles Times)
Arturo Jimenez, center, is the leader of Pomona Habla/Pomona Speaks, a coalition of civic organizations. He had called for the removal of Police Chief Joe Romero and is pleased the chief has left. With him are fellow members James Alfredo Sanbrano, left, and Juan Moreno. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Milo Rodich, retired executive director of the United Way in Pomona, at home with his cat Sparkles. The way Rodich sees it, the police chief was pushed out by a conspiracy a marriage of convenience between a new mayor with a grudge and a coalition of City Council members intent on punishing Romero for the Police Department’s traffic checkpoints. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
