(Motion denied)….Annette Gonzalez Buttner was in court this week.

It was a scheduled Pre-trial hearing, with the jury trial date to be set. Gonzalez Buttner is charged with providing false information when she filed her candidacy for Imperial County Board of Education. During the Pre-Trial, Gonzalez Buttner requested her current attorney, Steve Honse, be dismissed. That request was denied later in the day. Her next court date was set for October 24th. Her charges include two counts of perjury, one count of filing or submitting false declaration of candidacy and one count of Grand Theft.