In most places, getting recalled means packing up your office and handing over the keys. In Avenal, California, it apparently means showing up and acting like it never happened.

Three city councilmembers, including the mayor, in the San Joaquin Valley community are refusing to give up their seats after voters overwhelmingly recalled them in April, setting off a political standoff that has spilled onto social media, into packed public meetings, and now into the courts.