Recall Petition Filed Against Seattle’s Far Left Mayor Katie Wilsonhttps://www.battleswarmblog.com/?p=72850Certainly the current crop of far-left “Democratic Socialists” mayors ruining American cities are not the sharpest knives in the drawer (though Zohran Mamdani seems to display the sort of unprincipled cunning exhibited by many confidence artists), but Seattle’s Katie Wilson, someone who was still being financially supported by her parents at age 43 when running for mayor, strikes one as possibly the very dullest in the lot. From refusing to investigate fraud at Somali-run daycare centers to encouraging capital flight from Seattle via a proposed “billionaire’s tax” (“I think the claims that millionaires are going to leave our state are, like, super overblown. And if, you know, the ones that leave, like, bye!”), Wilson seems a particularly obtuse example of the breed. Now two Seattle citizens have filed a recall petition against her.
Two Seattle residents filed recall charges against Mayor Katie Wilson on Tuesday, August 11, alleging she has neglected her legal duty to maintain public safety and peace in the city.
Melinda Jacobson and Dale Osterud submitted the charges to the King County Elections Office, accusing Wilson of dereliction in addressing crime, gun violence, open-air drug activity and related issues across multiple neighborhoods during her first eight months in office. The filing also criticizes her decision to seek the resignation of Police Chief Shon Barnes.
The charges are the initial step under Washington state law for seeking a recall of an elected official. The charges must undergo technical review by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. If these meet requirements, prosecutors will prepare a ballot synopsis for King County Superior Court, where a judge will determine whether the allegations meet the legal standard of misfeasance, malfeasance or violation of the oath of office. Only then could proponents circulate petitions.
If approved, organizers would have 180 days to gather roughly 70,000 valid signatures from registered Seattle voters — equal to 25% of the total votes cast in the previous mayoral election. Sufficient verified signatures would trigger a special recall election.
Why do I have a feeling this won't even get to the point of trying to get 25% of Seattle voters' signatures? I get there are reasons to have hurdles to hinder frivolous recalls, but giving elected officials the ability to block or torpedo valid recall petitions? That 25% of voters who voted hurdle seems excessively high as well. I don't think Wilson's
Reign of Error is much threatened by this.
