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"An activist group that supports Salinas City Councilman Jose Castaneda launched a movement this week for the Alisal section of east Salinas to break away, secede from Salinas, and become its own city.Castaneda's critics made a bold political move of their own on Thursday when Juan Sandoval,\u00A0a longtime Alisal Union School District employee and parent, served Castaneda with recall papers to boot him from the City Council.VIDEO: Sandoval and Castaneda's tense momentCastaneda has been on the Alisal Union School District board for over a decade. Sandoval waited outside Thursday's board meeting and hand-deliver the recall to\u00A0Castaneda as he got out of his car.\u00A0With a KSBW cameraman rolling video on both men, Castaneda reacted to Sandoval by smiling, shaking his hand, and patting him on the back.\"You're living off workers' compensation and you have time to be doing politics?\"\u00A0Castaneda asked\u00A0Sandoval. \"You give a bad rap for public employees.\"Castaneda then turned to KSBW Reporter Brittany Nielsen and said Sandoval is living off workers' compensation, is perfectly healthy, and should be investigated by the state for fraud.Nielsen tried to asked Castaneda a follow up question and he replied, \"I don't talk to KSBW guys. No offense.\"Castaneda and Sandoval both grew up in the Alisal.\"Nobody stepped up, so I felt I had to do it,\" Sandoval said. \"I didn't think he would take it so personally.\"\"Mr. Castaneda you need to do the right thing and step down (from the school board),\" Sandoval said. \"And we as citizens need to do the right thing and recall you (from the city council),\" Sandoval said.Sandoval worked in the Alisal school district's maintenance department for 20 years. It's not clear if\u00A0Castaneda has a job in addition to being a politician, but he told the Los Angeles Times newspaper that he works as a landscaper.\u00A0In March, when the Salinas City Council voted in-favor of suing Castaneda for holding two possibly conflicting public offices, he responded by comparing himself to the civil rights movement.\"What you're doing is no different from what has been happening under the civil rights era,\" Castaneda told his fellow council members. \"I am here whether you like it or not.\"The lawsuit vote, however, didn't follow racial lines. Councilman Steve McShane was one of two who voted against the lawsuit, while Councilwoman Gloria De La Rosa joined three others in the majority.Castaneda told the Times that a 19th century California bandit who was hanged for murder,\u00A0Tiburcio Vasquez, was one of his heroes because he fought to Latino rights.He also said that he is estranged from some Latino leaders in Salinas because they sold out to the town's power brokers.Castaneda filed a police report against Monterey County Supervisor Fernando Armenta after Armenta called him a \"punk\" and \"bully.\" Castaneda told police that Armenta harassed, assaulted and verbally threatened him, but prosecutors threw out the case."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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