[Vision2020] recall election

[Saundra Lund]

Hi Don and Other Interested Visionaries,

My understanding is that your understanding is correct:  the proposed petition
along with the signatures of *at least* 20 eligible folks is to be submitted to
the City Clerk (for a city recall effort)  :-)

As of last Tuesday morning, nothing had been filed with the City Clerk, but I've
not checked back since.  If anyone has time to do so, please pass along what you
find out, if you don't mind.

Interesting point, IMHO, about the Daily News' article.  I'm glad the paper
carried the story, but perhaps asking Dr. Weitz & his supporters to write an
Op-Ed piece would have been more appropriate given the fact that they'd taken no
"official" step in the process.  And, it sure would have been nice if the
reporter had included recall procedure info included in the article!  From
reading the article, I got the impression that the "recall effort" was an active
one rather than merely an anticipated one.

For those interested, I believe there were 11,785 registered voters in the last
general City election, which means that 2,357 signatures would be required for
the effort to be successful.


Saundra Lund
Moscow, ID

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do
nothing.
-Edmund Burke

-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On
Behalf Of Don Coombs
Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 2:23 PM
To: vision2020 at moscow.com
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] recall election -- 1912 building costs

Is there actually a recall attempt underway?

I got the impression, somewhere, that before you could 
start collecting signatures you had to file notice of 
your intent with some public office and that the notice 
required the signatures of 20 people entitled to vote 
in a city election. (Dr. Weitz, it seems, couldn't be 
one of the signers because he doesn't live in Moscow.)

Is that true and has such a notice been filed? (The 20 
names would be a matter of public record.)

If such a notice is required and none has been filed, 
how could the story deserve "top of page one" treatment 
in the Daily News? The only news would be that one 
person is unhappy with certain council members and says 
that others also are unhappy. And he says they have 
plans to try to do something about it.

I'm just trying to find out what's going on. If I'm 
wrong about the process, I hope no one will crush me.

Don Coombs