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By Admin, February 12, 2010 12:43 pm

~ Cross posted from Michigan Taxes ~

Senators Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow may be doing that.. They should be.

New Jersey is one of the eighteen states that have specific provisions within their constitutions that allow for the recall of their respective US Senators.

Article I Section 2b of the New Jersey Constitution reads as follows:

The people reserve unto themselves the power to recall, after at least one year of service, any elected official in this State or representing this State in the United States Congress. The Legislature shall enact laws to provide for such recall elections.

There are some who are going to attempt to remove Senator Bob Menendez… And they are dead serious.

The 18 states allowing for recall of senators are as follows: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin.

Michigan is one of them.

There are critics who cite a supreme court decision as a blockade to such an action. The committee to recall Menendez points out:

Times editorial mentioned “a 1995 U.S. Supreme Court opinion written by Justice John Paul Stevens” that said that the recall statute “couldn’t be applied to federal officeholders.” What opinion that might be was far from clear. The case of US Term Limits v. Thornton said that no State may “alter or add to the qualifications” for Congressional office–but said nothing materially about interrupting the term of office of a Member of Congress. Though no State has yet recalled a Senator, the Constitution is in fact silent on the issue, and no provision in it says that a Senator is anything other than an agent for the State that sends him.

An interesting series.. worth the read.

I have commented on the Michigan constitutional provision that allows recall before. I have further wondered what the language should be to make it as clear to the recall voter how utterly incompetent Michigan’s two sitting US Senators are.

Perhaps “For failure to understand the United States Constitution, and enacting laws which run contrary to it, and against the best interests of the citizens of Michigan and the Nation..”

Yeah.. Something like that.

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By Admin, January 28, 2010 12:39 pm

Dr. Lee has done a bit of recall work in Grosse Pointe Shores Michigan:

They are targeting Mayor Dr. James Cooper, and councilman and mayor Pro Tem Dr. Brian Hunt; and council members Victoria Boyce, Robert Graziani and Frederick Minturn.

An uncertified tally of signatures provided by an elections office employee showed Boyce, Graziani and Minturn receiving more signatures than votes in the February election.

News of the filing came toward the end of the Grosse Pointe Shores city council meeting Tuesday night, after the Grosse Pointe News print deadline.

Now then..  Water the ponies, there is a little more work to be done. Good luck on the certification Dr. Lee.

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By Admin, December 24, 2009 3:48 pm

The 18 states allowing for recall of senators are as follows: Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin.

Create an account and sign in here if you would like to drum up the posse for your state.   We can begin or organizing efforts.

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By Admin,

Both of them need to go.

Michigan Election LAW

168.951 Officers subject to recall; time for filing recall petition; performance of duties until result of recall election certified.

Sec. 951.

Every elective officer in the state, except a judicial officer, is subject to recall by the voters of the electoral district in which the officer is elected as provided in this chapter. A petition shall not be filed against an officer until the officer has actually performed the duties of the office to which elected for a period of 6 months during the current term of that office. A petition shall not be filed against an officer during the last 6 months of the officer’s term of office. An officer sought to be recalled shall continue to perform duties of the office until the result of the recall election is certified.

History: 1954, Act 116, Eff. June 1, 1955 ;– Am. 1978, Act 533, Imd. Eff. Dec. 21, 1978 ;– Am. 1993, Act 45, Imd. Eff. May 27, 1993
Popular Name: Election Code

We need to develop language as well.  Please feel free to suggest.

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By Admin, December 21, 2009 9:26 pm

I am going to start collecting volunteers to work districts in an effort to remove these two from office.

There are 18 states which allow recalls of their US Senators.  Michigan is one of them.  Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, Washington and Wisconsin are the others.

They have failed to uphold their oaths as our Senators in voting for this preposterous “Health care” law which merely amounts to new taxation.

“I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I take this obligation freely, without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; and that I will well and faithfully discharge the duties of the office on which I am about to enter: So help me God.”

That is the oath.. have they lived up to it?

Saddle up Posse..  we have a hunt.

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By Admin, September 14, 2009 3:01 pm

I will keep you posted, but based on the outcome of her support for Cap & Trade, and The Health care PUBLIC Options, there are nearly 20 regional  leaders ready to begin collecting signatures for Senator Debbie Stabenow’s removal.

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By Admin, July 3, 2009 1:41 pm

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'»

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By Admin, July 1, 2009 12:32 pm

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.