David McKenna, who is challenging six-term incumbent San Bernardino City Attorney Jim Penman in the Nov. 8 election, acknowledged a charge Penman leveled during a candidate forum: Until moving to San Bernardino this year, McKenna lived in Riverside County for the past five years without registering to vote.

McKenna said he had spent most of the past five years working in Riverside and visiting his aunt in San Diego and children inVirginia. “I didn’t feel comfortable voting … when I was not part of the community and didn’t know the candidates, so I chose not to participate,” McKenna said.

This week’s Political Empire was compiled by Duane W. Gang, Ben Goad, Jim Miller, Alicia Robinson and Brian Rokos. For political news all week, go to PE.com/politics and the Political Empire blog.
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