Kevin Murphy quits local politics, Recall Committee will continue reform campaign

Sam Miller, Capistrano Valley News "Recall leader Kevin Murphy said Thursday that he would step out of local politics. Another leader of the recall group said the effort will go on."

Murphy served as Chairman of the CUSD Recall Committee until his resignation on December 22, 2006, the day the Registrar of Voters announced that the recall petition campaign had failed. The other leader was Tom Russell, official spokesperson for the CUSD Recall Committee. Russell served with Murphy as a committee member since the inception of the recall committee.