Button pushers: Slay foes remain persistent
Opponents of Mayor Francis Slay took the anniversary of the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination today to rally around their cause.
The push to force Slay from office before his term ends next year is continuing, even if it is still far short of its goal. State Rep. Jamilah Nasheed, addressing a small crowd of a supporters outside City Hall this afternoon, says the effort to trigger a recall vote has amassed 12,000 signatures.
To reach the ballot, the effort needs about 45,000 names. Perhaps even more formidable, those names must come from at least two-thirds of the city’s 28 wards, meaning opponents must venture into Slay’s base.
Nasheed and other Slay foes say they are preparing for a spring surge, passing out buttons that urged voters to “Do The Right Thing” and recall the mayor.
Meanwhile, Slay posted on his Web site today his own thoughts on King: The speech, appearantly, that was said but not heard when the mayor was shouted down at the MLK Day event in January. The tagline above Slay’s comments is apropos: “Words to Recall.”
Slay foes passed out buttons today
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Even the recall organizers don’t expect to get enough signatures to force the election. What they are accomplishing by the petition drive is gathering a database of names and addresses of voters who dislike Slay, to pass on to whoever runs against Slay in next spring’s Dem primary. That will be a great GOTV tool.