Our mayor and two of our female city council members have been recalled.

[redstatebluegirl]

Yesterday a group that is funded by rich developers were successful in getting enough signatures on petitions to recall two female city council people and our female mayor who shut down our town for a few weeks and required masks. They sold it as "taking back our town from the radical left who want to defund our police". They were going door to door scaring the crap out of old people. They hired political operatives who have worked for the Koch boys. They paid out of town people a fee for each signature they collected. One of the people who funded it is a large developer who did not get a large arena project he wanted and other things he thinks are holy, like making money off poor people. This has totally divided our town and made it dangerous to even support our Mayor.

I mean this, the use of "defund the police" is going to be our undoing. They are using the same thing to go after another college town like ours in our state. I really hate that we have been painted with a "hate the police" label. I don't hate the police, I just want them to be fair and get rid of the bad ones, stop the militarization of the police and give more funding to drug rehab and mental health.

This is a bright red state, our little city has been a breath of fresh air with this mayor and council. These people used the police to go out and canvass (in plain clothes but armed). The police protected their pop up tents all over town.

We are the only city with a liberal mayor in the entire state. Now we have to raise money for a new election to fight for her. I don't think we can out raise these rich assholes.

[SheltieLover]

1. Grrrrr!

Isn't what the police did illegal? Going door to door that way with a petition? I know very well though in red states laws mean nothing if the laws don't benefit old white males.

[redstatebluegirl]

3. I asked about them going door to door, they can do it as long as they are not in uniform.

They can identify themselves as police though, which is intimidating in itself. The laws are made to protect the ones in power, never forget that.

[LiberalArkie]

7. And the police were created to protect the store owners and wealthy.

[secondwind]

2. Is it ok to ask where this is happening?

I would like to follow the story...

[redstatebluegirl]

4. I will message you, I try not to out myself to much on here.

[mucifer]

5. The "supreme court" decided money is votes with citizen's united. That pretty much legalized

buying politicians. It's gone downhill ever since.

[dalton99a]

6. The people behind this recall campaign are violent thugs

especially the asshole who got caught on camera

[redstatebluegirl]

8. The guy who approached me in the Homeland parking lot scared the crap out of me.

When I told him politely that I did not support them he literally growled at me, said "crazy libtard" and said something about "my President is going to get rid of all of you". He was a BIG guy, bearded. Then he went up to a small little old lady she had to be 80 plus. I heard him tell her that if she didn't sign the police wouldn't come to her house when she called them. They are awful!

[dalton99a]

9. +1. I wonder how many they intimidated into signing

Vile liars and bullies

[redstatebluegirl]

10. Bullies for sure, and so ANGRY!

I have never seen so much anger.

[redstatebluegirl]

12. I sent a copy of a video of their leader threatening a car full of teenagers with a brick to Rachel.

I haven't heard anything. The local media only cover the nuts.

[dalton99a]

15. He actually threw the brick

[Takket]

13. I did a google search and found a video posted showing the "victory" speech

by the leader out of the recall group. So it is out there if you hunt for it. Out of respect for the OP, who seems genuinely afraid for her safety, I will not post it here, unless OP, you tell me it is okay.

[redstatebluegirl]

14. Oh hell why not, I've been stalked by the KKK before so this should be nothing right?

[Takket]

16. if it makes you feel any better.........

there really isn't any way for someone to figure out who you are as long as you keep your real name off of your profile.

This is obviously very scary for you but they only succeeded in filing the petition for a recall election, they still have to win t the voting booth.

Of course the dirtbag in this video goes on about how they are the silent majority and the radicals are just the loudest (in fact it is quite the opposite, it is RWNJs that never shut up and rule from the minority by terrorizing the rest of the population).

So use the silent majority that put your mayor in charge in the first place and keep her there! Good luck

I won't use the name of the city in case anyone is on here "searching" for references to it... suffice it to say its on the video.

[redstatebluegirl]

17. Thanks, I've been pretty vocal here in town over this so I am sure I'm on their radar anyway.