Four Speaker Township members were ousted in recall votes yesterday, with Clerk Dawn Cubitt losing to Michelle Brown (250-183), Treasurer Tracy Sheldon falling to Rochelle Stevens (239-194), Trustee Thomas Murray being beaten by Fred Moss (255-177) and Trustee Charles Stanley defeated by Jeremie Risdon (256-179).
The recall was over their support for wind turbines in the area.
Three Sandusky School Board members, President Jason Trepkowski, Treasurer Daniel Gerstenberger and Trustee Jane Jacobson were all ousted in a recall vote. Trepkowski list to David Herberling (814-719), Gerstenberger lost to Katie Tovar (778-752) and Jacvson lost to Kelly Trowhill (872-646).
The recall was over the decision to rename the school mascot from the Redskins to the Wolves.
Eagle Township Supervisor Patti Schafer was ousted in a recall vote, losing to Troy Stroud (72%-25%). The recall was over the board's signing an non-disclosure agreement as part of a factory development .
There were also recall efforts against Treasurer Kathy Oberg and Trustee Richard Jones, though I'm not sure what happened with those.
White River Supervisor Mike Cockerill was ousted in a recall by Ron Bailey (491-151). The recall was over his support for a solar project. Cockerill also was attacked for having land that will be leased to the renewable project.
Big Rapids Township Supervisor Bill Stanek was ousted in a recall vote, 444-391. The recall seems to be connected to the Green Township recalls over support for a battery component manufacturing facility.
Early results are out for recalls against three Brookings Mayor Ron Hedenskog and city councilmembers Ed Schreiber and Michelle Morosky, with all three losing badly (though full results won't be known for sometime). Hedenskog is losing 71-29%, Schreiber 68.5-31.5%, and Morosky is down 70-30%.
The recall is over the decision to reinstate the City Manager following her arrest for shoplifting.
The recall effort against Alameda County District Attorney Pamela Price is reporting that they are nearing the total needed to get on the ballot (73,195) with many months to go before signatures are due. Also, here's a look at the big funders for the recall effort, which has raised $500K already.
Lots going on in Alameda County, all of it seemingly surrounding the recall effort against District Attorney Pamela Price. I want to write a longer piece on the subject, but let's at least get started here.
The county Supervisors tried to push an ordinance that would align Alameda's laws with the new laws that the state adopted for local recalls, though it has since been tabled. The practical result of this would be to 1) get rid of the replacement race in any recall and 2) potentially raise the signature total for recalls, from 15% of turnout in the last election to 10% of registered voters and 3) potentially delay elections to general election dates (though not always).
The challenge here is that the proposal would have to have been approved by voters, and that may not be as easy as it seems (there's a reason that the proposal to change the state recall law went nowhere).
Signatures have been turned in against Woodland School Board Member Emily McDonald over statements she made on transgender policy. Petitioners handed in 1349 signatures and needed 1078.
Signatures have been turned in against Cottage Grove City Council Mike Fleck, though no signatures were turned in against City Councilors John Stinnett and Chalice Savage over the city's homeless policy and a lack of responsiveness. Petitioners need 654 signatures and handed in eight more than needed.
I appeared with petitioner Michael Borke on a City Club of Eugene/KLCCprogram that should be available tomorrow. Well worth listening to for Michael's on-the-ground thoughts on why he launched a recall and the pros and cons of the effort.
Recall threats have been brought up against Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R), a figure that long-time readers of the blog are well-acquainted with. The threat is actually coming from the right, and Vos has pushed for the impeachment of Wisconsin's Election Commission Chair Meagan Wolfe as she has refused to push for the discredited claims of election fraud.
Vos almost lost in 2022 after refusing to back the election fraud claims. Former Supreme Court Justice Michael Gableman, who has previously targeted Vos, has called for his recall if he didn't support the impeachment of Wolfe.
A recent court decision has held that the legislature does not have the power to impeach Wolfe.
The recall election of Lakeside Mayor Sherry Kinsey and councilors Karen Hurn, Kim Ritter and Jaci Smith is scheduled for November 28.
The recall is over money spent to boost local tourism. Apparently, the spent $23,250 on rebranding the city's logo and buying a $280,000 property. Petitioners needed 176 signatures.
Three Sandusky School Board members, President Jason Trepkowski, Treasurer Daniel Gerstenberger and Trustee Jane Jacobson will be facing a recall vote on November 7. The recall is over a decision to rename the school mascot from the Redskins to the Wolves.
David Hebering, Katherine Tovar and Kelly Trowhill are running against them.
Petitioners needed 749 signatures and handed in 1009 against Trepkowski (886 verified), 1029 for Jacobson (897) and 1008 for Gerstenberg (860).
The Santa Ana City recall of City Council member Jessie Lopez ran into new complications, with claims that the petitioners and city used old maps of the district, which Lopez supporters and the Registrar of Voters claim should have led to the recall being thrown out ahead of the November 14 vote. The City Council deadlocked, which will let keep the recall on track -- let's see what happens when they go to a judge.
Not the first hiccup in this recall. There were significant delays on scheduling this for the ballot, as Lopez's allies on the council had refused to set a date for the recall. As opposed to other states, this isn't a big deal, as the Registrar of Voters simply scheduled a date for the recall if the council can't get it together.
Petitioners handed in 6617 signatures were either handed in, with 1333 knocked out (395 duplicates). So 5284 were validated and they needed 5274. Additionally, 129 people asked for their name to be removed under the signature strike law.
There was also a petition outstanding against councilmember Thai Viet Phan.
Therecall efforts was led by the police union over a labor contract. The contract reportedly doesn't met the union pay-raise proposals. The recall chairman cited a 2021 rent control policy as the reason for the recall. The recall effort comes after progressives won four council seats in 2020.
The union backed a 2020 recall vote against Council member Cecillia Iglesias, who was kicked out.
The election would cost between $230-$255,000, though new reporters are saying that it would cost between $607,000-$666,000.
San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Bruce Gibson is facing petitions seemingly over an "attempt to privatize North County water" and claims of micromanagement and open government law violations. Petitioners need about 7500 signatures to get on the ballot.
Update: The effort has been "terminated."
John Day Mayor Heather Rookstool is facing petitions over claims that she falsified documents violated public meeting laws and interfered with public records requests as part of an attempt to take over city manager duties. Petitioners have also filed a criminal complaint. Petitioners need 15% of turnout from the gubernatorial election in 90 days.
Newport News is once again looking at allowing a vote on a charter amendment to allow recalls in the city.
Last year, Newport News looked into the amendment and it had the support of Mayor McKinley Price is in favor of the recall law. The state legislature would need to approve it.
Under last year's proposed amendment, petitions would need 25% of turnout (at least 300 signatures for each district and 1000 for the mayor). There would also be a one year grace period.
In 2019, Newport News Vice Mayor Tina Vick faced recall threats, though it seems not to have any legal backing to it.
Petitions have been taken out against Lamont Elementary School Board Trustees Gilberto Lopez Jr., Pablo Trevino, Ernesto Garay and Evelyn Velasquez. The issue is complaints about leadership, specifically the decision to put an administrator on leave.
Petitioners need more than 1200 signatures by December 4.
Signatures have been verified in the recall of Mt. Crested Butte City Council member Roman Kolodziej. Petitioners handed in 45 valids and needed 41.
The issue is changing bus routes by Mountain Express to an on-demand service (Kolodziej serves on the MTX board). A second recall petition, against MTX Dwayne Lehnertz was taken out, but failed to turn in signatures.
Signatures have been turned in against Cottonwood Mayor Tim Elinski. Petitioners handed in 830 signatures and need 641 valids. There's seems to be a lot of conflicting issues online, so can't say what it is at the moment. Hopefully, we'll be able to update soon.
Update: The signatures failed
