There are a few more weeks Left to collect signatures on the Recall Petitions. The effort is to give the Voters of Grand Terrace the Choice regarding the Recall of Council Member Ferre and Council Member Garcia.
Council Member Ferre who is also running for Mayor hopes to have her cake and eat it too. IF she should be recalled she could still hypothetically win the Mayors seat leaving a vacant Council Seat and avoiding the recall election all together.
HOWEVER, if she loses the Mayor election she will retain her Council Seat, and therefore the importance of giving the Voters the Choice to Recall her and Garcia are all the more important.
Please when the signature campaign expands and you are contacted. Please sign both the Recall Petition for Council Member Ferre and Council Member Garcia.
There is a minimum requirement of 1509 signatures required, but the Recall Signature Gathers hope to show overwhelming numbers of signatures. More important the voters have become more informed and not lead blindly by those who refuse to address on single issue to its conclusion.
Do consider those who oppose the Recall, are supporting Council Members who support the use of Eminent Domain in that they have had and not taken the action to protect your property rights and change the City Ordinance that Allows the Taking of Your Property to give it to a Developer. These are the Council Members being Recalled. These are the Council Members who have demonstrated an inability to properly supervise the functions of City Hall and the actions of the City Manager/ RDA Director. IF the Citizens want to continue to live in a town with this type of Governance, they can so state even IF there is a Recall, they could vote NO...
Some will say it isn't so bad... They should not be recalled replace them when their terms run out. Between now and then, it may be your house they want to include in a Development. Would you like to have years of threats of having your property taken? It is time this stops in GT. It is time the council members who refuse to protect ALL Citizen Property Rights must be voted out, and recalled because of the urgency and seriousness of the matter.
IT is that BAD... do we need a Recall?
You don't have to Prove a Crime to have a Recall
You don't have to Prove Malice
You have to have a situation of HIGH Concern that having the Elected Official Continue in Office will result in a serious detriment to the Community.
To Have a Recall....
You have to have the signatures required to put it on the Ballot
The Voters will Have a OPPORTUNITY to Decide if there is Reason to Change. From a Council that Supports the Use or Potential Use of Eminent Domain to Force the Sell of property for Private Development. Decide for your selves, Recall Proponents are giving you that opportunity. Please sign a Recall Petition and let the Recall be Voted on by the entire City.
