The Recall

Sorry, been busy and I know people have been wanting my take on it.

I'll make it quick.

First of all, Pastor Tom Brown should stop being such a drama queen. In my opinion, he personifies hypocrisy. He has absolutely no problem with a sign that shows Mayor Cook dripping with blood, but he has a fit on camera over the guy at Freeway Carpets that had a sign that was only text.

By the way, I've written several pieces about the guy at Freeway Carpet and I think he, his business, and the sign are an institution in this town. I hope he never stops doing that. Its harder than blogging and tweeting and it could negatively impact his business and he still has the stones to do that.

That makes me want to find an excuse to buy carpet.

Anyway, back to the recall.

All the rumors of the recall people having more than double the number of signatures needed turned out to be exactly what I said...bullshit.

Yes, I think the Mayor could be in trouble. But lets face facts, its not really the Domestic Partner benefit issue. He is in the unfortunate position of death by a thousand cuts. But he's a tenacious campaigner, so I think he has a shot at survival.

Ortega is not a tenacious campaigner, but I think he will likely survive and Byrd will be completely fine.

They will have to work hard to save their jobs, but I think they will be okay. The election is a long way away and its going to be VERY expensive.

There are a few reasons why I think Pastor Browns' efforts are in trouble.

#1. The method used to collect the signatures. How the signatures were collected will ultimately be a big issue.

#2. As David K says, the crazies are turning on one another.

#3. The sign thing may really case a lot of people to turn on the recall people. As if the argument that the recall and fight against domestic partner benefits not being about hate wasn't stupid enough, the recall supporters remove all doubt with the bloody Cook sign.

#4. You have to have candidates to run for the open positions if the recall becomes a reality. The minute the collection of attention seekers that surround Pastor Brown make a run at the vacancies, is when people will turn against them in large numbers.

#5. Election cost. I think I saw something attributed to Brown that said something like if they are concerned about how much a recall election costs than they can resign. Yeah, here's the funny thing about that.

YOU WOULD STILL HAVE TO HAVE AN ELECTION TO REPLACE THEM GENIUS!

Since Pastor Brown appears to be so partial to mixing politics and religion that I would like to see them cough up the cash to pay for the election instead of saddling anyone else for it.