COSTA MESA, Calif.—Tim Shaw rebutted allegations on Feb. 4 from a lawsuit that claimed he was illegally reappointed to his vacant Orange County Board of Education seat in December. “I was eligible in all respects,” Shaw told The Epoch Times. The legal challenge filed in Orange County Superior Court on Feb. 3 by Michael Sean Wright, a local resident, argues that Shaw should not have been reappointed to his former seat on the school board due to state law that says “the local board may not re-appoint to the office the person whose resignation caused the vacancy in the first place,” according to the lawsuit. Shaw resigned from the board of education in November 2021 after facing another legal challenge accusing him of partaking in a conflict of interest by holding incompatible offices and serving simultaneously on the county board of education and La Habra City Council. While Shaw did …
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