Michigan: Troy Mayor Signatures Verified; facing recall election

Troy Mayor Janice Daniels is facing a recall election, as the Election Commission verified 8,882 valid signatures, they needed 7,985.

There's a lot on this blog about the Daniels recall. Here's a quick summary from the patch page on why Daniels is facing the voters:

Daniels first came under fire in December for her anti-gay Facebook comment and has remained the center of controversy after voting against the Troy Transit Center (a scaled-down version was later approved), telling the Troy High School Gay-Straight Alliance she would bring in an expert to tell them the homosexual lifestyle is "dangerous" and writing a lengthy position paper some viewed as personally attacking city employees and council members.