It had to happen. But soon after a recall effort failed, it seems the city of Akron’s mayor decided he would find a way to stop the effort from happening again. According to Cleveland.com
City Council will decide on Monday whether a charter amendment raising the petition threshold for recall elections should be placed before voters in November.
The amendment would require 20 percent of the city’s registered voters to sign petitions to trigger a recall vote. The city charter now demands that recall petitions have signatures equal to 20 percent of the turnout in the last election for the targeted office.
20% of the city’s REGISTERED voters..
To change from the 20% of the last vote turnout is a big deal. Ignoring up front the dead voters who are registered yet, and not purged, it should be noted that in the nations percentage turnout in the last PRESIDENTIAL election was a mere 56.8% of its “eligible” voters. Ohio by some estimates put its best state turnout numbers at 59%.. Which alters significantly the number of voter signatures for the recall effort.
But that doesn’t really mean ANYTHING, when the Mayoral race can be off season.. Apparently the difference THIS TIME it made would have amounted to much more:
To meet that higher standard, the group that led last month’s unsuccessful recall attempt against Mayor Don Plusquellic would have needed 24,439 signatures — rather than the 3,179 required by the charter.
Nearly eight times as much work to simply get it on the ballot.
This amounts to a serious amount of CYA, in a time when voters are going to paying particularly close attention to the actions of elected officials. Perhaps with a threshold that is so skewed as to prevent the efforts overall, it will be much easier to ignore the representation the voters demand.
Confirmation hearings for supreme court justice nominee Sonia Sotomayor continue..
The Republican Senate reminds us how much change is coming perhaps?
Judge Sotomayor’s Opinions Were Reversed, Vacated, Or Criticized Nine Out Of Ten Times By The U.S. Supreme Court
She is an offhand reject of the court already.. I’ll bet a couple of whoopee cushions wind up under a conservative butt or two if she gets to occupy this open seat.
Malkin is following the hearings as well..
And Sotomayor will be one cleared hurdle closer to overcoming yet another set of “incredible odds” to complete her “compelling personal story.”
Yeah.. compelling.. But of course even us average joes might have a compelling story or two. But it seems the odds are in favor of a new flavor. Certainly we couldnt have a justice appointed on the basis of respect for law, or even the constiitution, but rather one gets appointed to “color” for the purpose of “coloring” more fully one of the more important positions in the land.
So much for the blind eye of justice.
Which senators need a spanking?
OK, so politics might well have a place in some recall efforts
Politics, Kaechele said, have “nothing to do with what we’re doing, in terms of proving Sheriff Daryl Anderson incompetent. There’s no relationship there. The petition stands on its own. Anderson’s incompetent. Period.”
However, that doesn’t exclude sound reasons, as often we find our reasoning to be different and viewed upon a “political” set of beliefs. The group has had its petitions denied by officials, but will continue with a renewed effort.
The Lincoln County Recall Effort’s Main webpage exhibits the language and reasoning for its recall of Sheriff Anderson. Equal application of the law is quite important, and if the manner in which law enforcement APPLIES law is inconsistent with the manner that it is written, the efforts to remove said law enforcement is legitimate.
Cap & Tax Watch going on.. Tim Bishop doesn’t get it does he?
Tea parties are a good chance to make some noise.. Some of them addressing the Cap & Tax bill on its own. Perhaps threats of recall might help as well?
Look folks.. some things are SO WRONG.. they cannot be allowed to stand.
There are reasons to recall your elected official. And there are as many opinions about the level of broken trust required to instigate recall as there are politicians. So where do we jump off? At what point do we say enough is enough? We started the Recall Posse idea to inspire and move forward demands of accountability by our elected representatives. However, some don’t agree on the method. Continue reading 'On Recall Efforts.. and the Posse'»
But unfortunately are protected by a seriously large number of signatures required.. So in the mean time we need to put pressure on them. From Hall of Record:
As you examine the arguments for and against the proposed energy/climate bill, I suggest that you, as a senator for the state of Michigan, focus very specifically on the factors that will impact Michigan.
You know it.. These two (Levin and Stabenow) are perfect candidates for a Posse event, but as I said it would be a monumental effort to get the several hundred thousand signatures to put them on the ballot. They think so anyhow, but fact of the matter is we can be annoying as all get out when we want to be, and frankly if there was ever a time…
If not a recall perhaps a hell of a lot of phone calls.. as Bruce explains further:
The very basis for this legislation is faulty and the results of this legislation will be disastrous for Michigan. I request that you carefully consider your decision when casting your vote.
He is right. This type of legislating has already nearly killed the manufacturing sector, and it seems Senators Levin and Stabenow both, have been quite willing accomplices.
Gross negligence or simply poor planning in has led to many governments finding little more than a lump of coal and bad roads in our current economic state. State and Local governments are not immune to the rapid spending while the coffers are full, and unfortunately almost ALWAYS resort to the same tactic to fill them back up with higher taxes.
In Grosse Point Shores:
Dr. Robert Lee, a former candidate for what was then the Shores Village Council, is leading a charge against Mayor James Cooper and Shores City Council members Vicki Boyce, Robert Graziani, Brian Hunt and Fred Minturn. The recall effort comes in the wake of a 1-mill tax increase — approved in a split council decision June 16.
Higher taxes in Michigan? Nah it would never happen..
Some folks don’t get it. Higher taxes merely lead to higher taxes. So its time to go! Dr. Lee, has a goal of removing five members by recall.. Now thats a tall effort pardners… How about a hand or two for his posse? The link to his recall site is on the side.
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