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Council to decide if City of Seattle will pay legal costs in (socialist) Sawant recall fight
Capitol Hill Seattle ^ | 9/14/20 | jseattle

Posted on 09/14/2020 4:59:42 PM PDT by Libloather

The Seattle City Council will hold a special meeting Tuesday afternoon over whether the city should pay the legal bills of District 3 representative Kshama Sawant as she fights the recall effort being organized against her by a group of Capitol Hill and Central District-area residents and business owners.

The proposed ordinance would cover “the legal representation of Councilmember Kshama Sawant in judicial proceedings concerning a recall charge; paying expenses necessary to defend Councilmember Sawant in those proceedings,” according to the text of the bill posted as part of the agenda for Tuesday’s meeting.

Sawant, the council’s longest serving member in the middle of her third term serving District 3 including Capitol Hill and the Central District, faces a recall campaign launched over her contribution to the “criminal environment around the Capitol Hill Occupation Protest” and because her “actions and policy proposals are not supported by a majority of District 3 residents.” The campaign has already amassed thousands of contributions - many anonymous, $25 and under donations.

Wednesday, a King County Superior Court judge will decide if the recall petition meets basic legal requirements. If it does, the recall effort would then have until early 2021 to gather just over 10,000 D3 signatures - “25% of the total number of votes cast (42,956) in the November 5, 2019 general election for City of Seattle Council Position #3″ - to throw the choice into the hands of district voters.

Sawant is currently represented by the Barnard Iglitzin and Lavitt law firm in her filings submitted thus far in the recall process. Filings for petition organizers including campaign head Ernie Lou have included the Davis Wright Tremaine firm.

It’s mostly standard practice for municipalities to cover the legal costs of recall efforts targeting officials and other legal proceedings...

(Excerpt) Read more at capitolhillseattle.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Conspiracy; Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: recall; sawant; seattle; socialist
Socialists wasting even more taxpayer loot.
1 posted on 09/14/2020 4:59:42 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

Recall her back to India ? LOL


2 posted on 09/14/2020 5:02:50 PM PDT by butlerweave
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To: Libloather
It’s mostly standard practice for municipalities to cover the legal costs of recall efforts targeting officials and other legal proceedings...

Is it just me or does anyone else wonder why taxpayer dollars should be used to fight a recall by the taxpayers who paid those dollars to begin with?

3 posted on 09/14/2020 5:09:49 PM PDT by johniegrad
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To: Libloather

It seems to me, if this passes AFTER the recall drive(s) started, there is some part of ex post facto making the cost bearing to her (in this case) as applicable and illegal.

Not that lie-berals give a rat’s behind for legality


4 posted on 09/14/2020 5:28:47 PM PDT by llevrok (Vote while it is still legal! And often.)
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To: Libloather

Lock her up...


5 posted on 09/14/2020 5:34:46 PM PDT by Paladin2 (need)
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To: johniegrad

It’s not just you. The woman is being recalled because her constituents believe she is doing a terrible job. Using taxpayer funds to fight her recall is the same as using taxpayer funds for her election campaign.


6 posted on 09/14/2020 5:50:50 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Libloather

Socialists being socialists using taxpayers money for their own purpose.


7 posted on 09/14/2020 5:57:11 PM PDT by SkyDancer (~ Pilots: Looking Down On People Since 1903 ~)
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To: Libloather

“It’s mostly standard practice for municipalities to cover the legal costs of recall efforts targeting officials and other legal proceedings...”

well, it’s NOT “standard practice” for municipalities to cover the costs of individuals running for election, and a recall election is such an election: namely the incumbent running against one or more opponents who wish to unseat the incumbent ... the only difference between a recall election and a regular election is that a recall election is a special election held before an office holder’s regular term is completed ...


8 posted on 09/14/2020 8:50:02 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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She is contesting the legality of the recall.

She does not believe in Democracy.

9 posted on 09/17/2020 7:23:51 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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