Members of the battling United Homeowners Association did it: They removed their old board of directors and elected a new one. The vote to remove each of the association’s nine officers was so overwhelming that it had the effect of them having been grabbed by the seat of their pants and thrown out the door. It was like projectile vomiting on the part of the association membership. The old board had literally no support at the group’s April 13 special meeting as each member was voted off by votes of 49 to remove to 3 to retain, 47 to 1, etc.

The officers sent packing were Theodore Irving, president, 49-2; David Reed, vice president, 47-2; Troy Green, vice president, 47-3; Norman Edwards, treasurer, 49-0; Brenda Fountain, 48-3; board members Art Fields, 48-4; Adrienne Mayberry, 44-8; Lorinee Jackson, 42-9 and Mary Martin, 47-4. There were a total of seven abstentions, but those members’ failure to vote had no effect on the results. Unlike the voting process that led to the old board electing and seating itself, participants in this ousting election were members who had paid their dues pursuant to the bylaws and the tradition, and the votes were counted in the open in front of the members. In a rambling speech, President Irving conceded defeat and yet vowed to fight the results!

After throwing the rascals out, the members elected an interim board which will conduct a proper election of 2010 officers. The interim board members are Fran Jemmott, president; Jeff Daniels, vice president; Wanda Greenehill, treasurer; Barbara Evans, secretary; and board members Dominga Thompson, Pat Simmons and Rosa Stallworth. Well played, people!

SECOND BAPTIST CHURCH REPORT — The silence at Second Baptist Church about which I complained last week has certainly come to an end. I’m hearing a lot now about the troubles at that venerable church and things I’m hearing and the documents being sent to me are not good and they make me sad. I will have to ruminate and investigate and report this situation in a Bottom Line piece. But in the meantime, I need to correct an omission I made last week: Church member Mildred Lovett is also being sued by Addys L. Adams for the same eight complaints as the other defendants named last week. I’m sorry. There were so many names on the lawsuit that I simply overlooked that one. (So stop telling me about it!)

Also, plaintiff Adams’ wife, Delores, died on April 20. (Some say as the result of “stress” related to the cause and effect of her husband’s lawsuit against the church.) Her funeral will be held Friday at Second Baptist Church at 10 a.m. May she rest in peace.

AT PLAY ON THE FIELD OF POLITICS — Assembly Speaker Emeritus Karen Bass’ run for the 33rd Congressional District is looking like the runaway expected when she announced her candidacy two months ago, as she recently picked up the endorsements of the California State and Los Angeles County Democratic parties, as well as the Democratic clubs of Culver City and the 47th Assembly District. She solidified her base earlier this month when she gained the endorsements of the Human Rights Campaign, the Korean American Democratic Committee and the Mexican American Bar Association. … Holly Mitchell, who is seeking to replace Bass as Assembly member for the 47th District, is coming along nicely too, thank you very much. She got the state Demos’ endorsement in a cakewalk — over an opponent who is a state Democratic Party leader! The expected brawl over this seat is not happening. I have to figure out why.

Rep. Laura Richardson met professor Peter Mathews, the challenger for her congressional seat, in a head-to-head debate Saturday at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Compton. The debate was civil when they dealt with the usual domestic issues of immigration, jobs, the economy, affordable education and health care, but it heated up when Mathews brought up Richardson’s “yea” vote on HR 4156 in 2007 that provided President Bush with $50 billion to continue fighting the war in Iraq. Also, the crowd at the church was predominantly Hispanic, and to their visible appreciation, Mathews addressed them in both Spanish and English, while Richardson apologized for being unable to speak Spanish. Yet, the congresswoman made her debate points quite clearly and forcefully in English.

THIS AND THAT — West Basin Municipal Water District President Gloria Gray has been appointed to a four-year term and sworn in to California’s Delta Stewardship Council to help the body achieve its goals of providing a more reliable water supply for the state and of protecting, restoring and enhancing the Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay Delta ecosystem. Gray joins six other members on the council, all White men.

Assemblyman Mike Davis received the Kilgore Service Award from the USC Black Alumni Association at its 32nd annual Scholarship Benefit last week. The award is named for the founder of the association, the Rev. Thomas Kilgore Jr., whose mission was to provide tuition assistance to African-American students at USC. The group honored Davis for his community service and support of USC students, its alumni and prospective students and their families.

The Rev. William Smart, the senior pastor of Christ Liberation Ministries and activist minister of the like we used to have back in the kick-butt 1960s, moderated a panel discussion on pending cuts to public safety services in Los Angeles as the result of the city’s financial crisis. The discussion, held Tuesday in City Hall, featured city-employed panelists that included a 911 operator, a police mechanic, tree surgeon, child care center director, librarian, firefighter and a heavy-duty equipment mechanic. Despite municipal officialdom’s attempts to close the city’s budget deficit, city workers have released their own “Strong Budget for Los Angeles” to do just that without cuts to public safety and crime prevention services, or to parks, libraries and programs that keep Los Angeles safe for children and families.

A concert and recognition program celebrating the work of the California Task Force 2 Urban Search and Rescue Mission Team in saving lives and giving hope to the people of Haiti will be held Friday at the Fernando Pullum Performing Arts School — South L.A.’s only performing arts school — 5100 S. Broadway, at 6:30 p.m.

People are asking me about my experiences at the Nazi rally held at the City Hall on April 17. I don’t have any. I didn’t go. I learned that my son, Ian, was to be inducted into the Jesuit Honor Society — complete with a celebratory Mass and reception following the ceremony — at 1 p.m. on April 17. Ian, a charter high school teacher, will be awarded his master’s degree from Loyola Marymount University next month. Ian has been a stellar student ever since he was in preschool, but his induction into the Jesuit Honor Society (as well as the Alpha Sigma Nu fraternity of extremely high achievers) is a really big deal. So, what did I do on April 17? I missed the Nazi rally. I’ll have to catch them the next time they’re in town.

AND FINALLY — Councilman Bernard Parks was a minute too late to stop the DWP from raising our electrical rates! By a vote of 9-5, the City Council voted to take jurisdiction over the rate hike issue, but it needed 10 votes to pass. Parks was at Daryl Gates’ funeral and missed the vote. Had he arrived at the council meeting one minute earlier, he could have done us some good, for a change.