Dueling Village Board Meetings in Pomona Could Lead to Court Challenge

The village of Pomona held two separate government meetings earlier this week as the mayor there is looking to keep a trustee off the board. The Journal News reports Mayor Ian Banks wants former Mayor Brett Yagel to replace Trustee Mendy Lasker, who Banks first appointed to the board two years ago and won a trustee seat in September. But whether he has the authority to do that or whether Lasker rightfully should be seated as a trustee may be up to the courts to decide. This could all be moot by March 16th anyway. That’s when the next election is scheduled to be held.