Yesterday I wrote that during public comment at Tuesday's Board of Supervisors meeting, several Bayview-Hunter's Point activists declared their intention to recall Supervisor Sophie Maxwell, whose district (District 10) contains BHP.
The dude who first announced it (and who appeared to be designated by the group as the Number One Spokesman) is named Daniel Landry and he claimed to be speaking on behalf of "we the community." Although it seemed pretty clear that "we the community" was mad at Maxwell because she watered down a resolution that would have directed the U.S. Navy to rebuild and re-talk to the BHP Restoration Advisory Board (RAB).
"We the community" was, methinks, a bunch of former and potential RAB members.
Several of you wrote and commented about the fact that no recall effort has made it to the ballot since the Gray White Panthers tried to unseat then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein in 1983.
True, true. We've all gotten excited about some recall effort or another only to be disappointed that they never pan out. How can we ever learn to trust again? (Sniff!)
Still others of you are pissed and want to recall your own supervisors.
So, if you want to collect enough signatures to get a recall measure on the ballot here's the approximate number of registered voters who live in the target district who must sign the recall petition. (You should always get a little extra in case some get thrown out.) These figures are based on the number of registered voters in each district as of the May 2009 election and the requirements of California Elections Code section 11221.
DISTRICT 1 (Eric Mar) = 7,941
DISTRICT 2 (Michela Alioto-Pier) = 9,540
DISTRICT 3 (David Chiu) = 7,613
DISTRICT 4 (Carmen Chu) = 7,709
DISTRICT 5 (Ross Mirkarimi) = 7,528
DISTRICT 6 (Chris Daly) = 8,924 (Fun Fact: Daly was elected in 2002 with 6, 645 votes and re-elected in 2006 with 8,654 votes)
DISTRICT 7 (Sean Elsbernd) = 8,562
DISTRICT 8 (Bevan Dufty) = 8,052
DISTRICT 9 (David Campos) = 7,192
DISTRICT 10 (Sophie Maxwell) = 7,694
DISTRICT 11 (John Avalos) = 7,136 (Fun Fact: Avalos was elected with 6,918 votes)
The RAB folks seemed pretty motivated - and it was certainly a moment of excitement in an otherwise drab meeting - but the Maxwell recall effort isn't likely to go anywhere. Not only is it difficult to collect the required signatures, but Maxwell is termed-out in 2010 anyway, which makes it harder to mobilize opposition to her status. (Daly and Dufty are also termed-out.)
Still, "we the community" and the rest of y'all, should feel free to dream.
-Melissa
in the days of old...when the supes ran city wide....Michela would be board president..quite a different city we would be living in...i think a better one
Posted by: nn | November 18, 2009 at 20:05
White Panthers, no Gray, big difference.
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