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Ryan Eashoo
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Dear Friends,
We have some very good news to share. Last week, US District Court Judge Arthur J Tarnow dismissed the motion to force a recall against Mayor Walling on the November ballot.
This lawsuit was brought against the City and County by the recall crew. In Judge Tarnow's order denying the motion for a preliminary injunction he stated:
Plaintiffs have not shown that the procedures used were inconsistent with Michigan recall law, nor have they shown that the review method used by the local clerks with respect to their specific recall petitions was discriminatory, arbitrary, or deliberately designed to harm Plaintiffs... Defendants maintain that the Clerks followed the proper laws in reviewing the recall petitions. The Court agrees.
This recall effort was bogus from the beginning, with a rotten paid signature collection process that was filled with likely forgeries and driven forward with what was possibly fraud. Over 3,000 signatures were disqualified because the signer did not live in the city or was not registered to vote at any address within the city. It is a simple fact that residents of Pontiac can not sign recall petitions in Flint—and they can’t claim their constitutional rights were violated when their signature is crossed off!
On top of this, 1,600 signatures were disqualified as duplicate signatures. And another 1,500 were disqualified for inconsistencies with addresses or names. The decision in federal court affirms the good work of the City and County Clerks' offices and puts the majority of this costly distraction behind us. Thankfully, the recall fever is Flint has started to break.
The Walling administration has worked hard to put the old ways of doing politics in Flint behind us and to focus on new solutions to Flint's challenges. But a small but vocal group of disgruntled people want to keep fighting the battles of the past and slowing the pace of progress in Flint with recall effort after recall effort. The people of Flint do not support them or their methods. We are tired of the old divisions that have held our city back in the past. It is a new day in Flint. We are working together and we are moving forward.
Sincerely,
The Walling for Mayor Team
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 7:36 pm |
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theboyzmom
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| Actually, the court just said the preliminary injunction was not needed - which results in the recall not being on the ballot in November. There has been no decision on the actual practice or the disqualification of the signatures. |
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:10 pm |
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00SL2
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| To the Walling for Mayor Team: If you are "working together" and "moving forward" you should get your MAYOR and CITY ADMINISTRATOR on the same page! |
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Wed Sep 22, 2010 8:58 pm |
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