Mayors group fights back against recall elections

[Newsjock]

Source: McClatchy Newspapers

Alarmed by an apparent increase of angry voters looking to boot their mayors out of office, the organization that represents the elected officials is going on the offensive.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors is fighting back against a spike in recall elections with a documentary, "Recall Fever," and a public awareness initiative that aims to arm targeted mayors with more information.

... At a news conference Tuesday, Cochran identified one enemy of the mayors: bloggers who attack elected officials.

"Today we have the social media," he said. "The bloggers are out there every night and every day."

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[EFerrari]

1. LOL!

Damn you, bloggers!

[aquart]

2. So they're gonna point fingers and tell people who to read?

[Grassy Knoll]

3. Warning To Mayors.....

Don't be jerks, and no one gets hurt. Throw crap and we throw it back.
Signed, Social Media

[plumbob]

4. Crooks DO hate to get caught, don't they?

Recall Fever.

Hmmm. Like Jungle Fever?

Hmmm. What are they trying to say?

I think they're lucky people are not using the Louis and Marie Recall Method, or the Mussolini Recall Method.

[Rage for Order]

5. The objective is to retain power, not serve the people

Even at the mayoral level. Sad.

[999998th word]

7. What CoC front group is funding this????

Dont tell me-- let me guess?
SSDD

[rpannier]

6. That's it the bloggers attacking public officials

Not the unresponsive nature of many politicians and their corrupt crony-ism

[Citizen Worker]

8. Must protect the farm system lest there not be enough next generation ruling class candidates

prepped and trained for promotion to the majors.

[JJW]

9. All of the recalls are Republicans

[BumRushDaShow]

10. +1000

Which is why the pigs are squealing.

[iwishiwas]

11. Poor widdle crybabies!!

....Cochran said he'd urge mayors to fight back against the blogs and check the laws that regulated recall elections. He said 38 states allowed the recall of local officials, though some required specific reasons such as malfeasance or corruption.

...............The mayors noted that there were some common factors in the recall efforts, including the targeting of mayors who have raised taxes or slashed budgets.

"Do you want mayors who take the positions that are necessary to do the right thing for the community, or do you want to listen to the naysayers?" asked Akron, Ohio, Mayor Don Plusquellic, who survived a recall effort in 2009.

Wealthy individuals bankrolled several recall efforts. One of them, billionaire businessman Norman Braman, who spent $1 million on last month's successful recall of Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Alvarez, suggested that the mayors conference had misplaced priorities.

"They should try to improve the quality of the mayors they represent instead of trying to protect them," said Braman, who targeted Alvarez after the mayor pushed for a property tax hike to plug a gaping budget hole. "These are difficult times, and it's not time to raise taxes and give staff salary increases. That's what it was all about. If the mayors were more responsible to the needs of the county, they wouldn't need to face the risk of a recall."..................

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