Loading ...An website dedicated to the recall of Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has launched, at this link. The site also calls for the recall of other Republicans who voted for the state budget and tax increase, including Abel Maldonado.
Curiously, they also want to recall Jeff Miller, who did not vote for the budget, just because he did not vote to dump Mike Villines as the Assembly leader.
The new site includes links to the Recall Arnold Facebook page.
Many of my friends are all for this. Personally, I think it is a futile effort. And it will cost a lot. Better to focus on who will replace Arnold, especially since I doubt it will be another Republican. But good luck to all of you who want to dump Arnold!
The Reeps make me laugh.
They really are determined to dig their own graves…
The theory is this – GOP lawmakers were hired to a job, didn’t do it, and should be fired.
Since you can’t fire them all, make an example of one to put the rest on notice – Miller (who is the “turncoat” Villines whip).
This whole recall concept is ridiculous. Hey proponents of this…you ever heard of going to an election and voting for someone else? THAT’s the way to make a change.
anon.
You are losing sight of CA law. The topic of recall is surely not new. A recall election is a procedure by which voters can remove an elected official from office. Recall has a history dating back to the ancient Athenian democracy. During the American Revolution the Articles of Confederation stipulated that state legislatures might recall delegates from the continental congress.” Check it out.
“The recall mechanism for statewide officers and legislators in California first appeared as a constitutional amendment in 1911, one of several reform measures put in place by the Progressive administration of Governor Hiram Johnson. The most controversial provision of the amendment was the inclusion of judges, and the justices of the state Supreme Court in particular, among the state officers subject to recall. Proponents favored the amendment as another mechanism to fight graft and corruption in government. Opponents criticized it as a device that extremists and malcontents would employ to harass and remove honest officials.
Recalls have often been attempted in California against statewide elected officials and legislators. All governors in the last 30 years have faced some level of recall attempt. In 2003 Governor Gray Davis became the first statewide official to face a recall election. Recall efforts against state legislators have reached the voting stage, and four were actually recalled. Senator Marshall Black (R-Santa Clara County) was recalled in 1913, followed by Senator Edwin Grant (D-San Franisco) in 1914, and by Assembly members Paul Horcher (R-Los Angeles County) and Doris Allen (R-Orange County) in 1995. There have been many successful recall attempts at the local government level in California.”
I respectfully disagree. There are circumstances where we should not wait until the next election to remove an elected official. Those of us in south county have experienced several local recall efforts. The early 1990′s unsuccessful attempt to remove Mission Viejo councilman Bob Curtis, the successful recall of Board Members at the CUSD, the statewide recall of governor Davis, the successful recall in the 90′s in the city of Fullerton to the most recent effort in Mission Viejo to remove Lance MacLean. The Saddleback Republican Assembly, a chartered unit of the CRA just voted unanimously requesting Mr. MacLane to step down as he is subject to a recall, where signature gathering will shortly commence.
i would love to get him out and all the other reps who voted for this . if so who would become gov. ? also the tought of gavin n. , reconquista tony v , and jerry brown really scare the hell out of me with the one party rule in this state .
Larry,
I never said the topic of recall was new. I’m fully aware of it’s use…and its over-use.
All it does is slightly accelerate a change…at great cost to the taxpayer.
Ya know, if all the Republicans are recalled and replaced before the next election. Then the voters will only have the members of one party to blame for the bankrupt condition of the state.