BREAKING: Judge rules recall can proceed
A judge has ruled that a recall petition against Mayor Jim West can proceed:
West should definitely come out in support of next year's version of HB 1515. Now he knows what it feels like to be attacked publicly for being gay.
Benton County Superior Court Judge Craig J. Matheson threw out two of the recall charges made against West by Shannon Sullivan, a Spokane resident, but said the allegation that West improperly offered city jobs to prospective dates should be put before voters.We have no doubt that Sullivan can and will succeed. And we suspect that the recall will ultimately succeed when placed before voters - and many voters, especially gay-hating Christian fundamentalists, will support it just because they've learned West is gay.
"That to my mind is an improper use of the office," Matheson ruled.
Sullivan, an unemployed florist and novice political activist who argued the misfeasance charges without a lawyer, now must collect more than 12,600 signatures in six months to put the recall on the ballot.
"I will get those signatures. I promise I will get those signatures," an emotional Sullivan told reporters outside the courtroom.
West should definitely come out in support of next year's version of HB 1515. Now he knows what it feels like to be attacked publicly for being gay.
