Posted on 10/09/2020 5:13:53 AM PDT by Libloather
A unanimous Washington State Supreme Court tossed out the effort to recall Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan, ruling that the accusations against her did not rise to the level that would allow a citizen initiative to remove her from office.
The decision kills the push to recall the mayor and means that, barring unforeseen circumstances, voters in 2021 will have the final say on Durkan’s job performance, should she choose to run for a second term.
“The allegations in this case are deeply troubling and our review requires that we treat the factual allegations as true,” the court wrote in a brief order signed by Chief Justice Debra Stephens. “Nevertheless, after carefully considering the issues presented, the court concludes that the recall charges presented in this case are factually and legally insufficient.”
The court did not give its reasoning, but wrote that a full decision would be released at a later date.
To merit a recall, the court wrote, the charges against Durkan must allege specific, “substantial conduct clearly amounting to misfeasance, malfeasance or violation of the oath of office.” The charges against Durkan, the court said, did not meet that bar.
The recall effort, pushed by six Seattle residents, blamed Durkan for the Seattle Police Department’s broad use of tear gas in early June, following widespread protests against police brutality and systemic racism.
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The deep state protects its own.
She’s a leftist, as are the judges, but I’m cool with this ruling.
Tear gas deployment should never be a recallable event.
There’s a little of that, but see my comment above.
Allowing her city to burn is no reason to recall her?
Ample proof that there IS reason for burning and destruction.
By the right.
...as are the complainants.
So will AuntyFa units attack the city again in protest of the SC not ruling as the left demanded?
Once you threaten whomever disagrees with you, you become the real government until defeated.
If the whole article is read it is clear the mayor of seattle is not interested in running the city. She is fixated on racial interactions in society, and ensuring that superior prtformance in any venue is not rewarded.
I would opine that she is incompetent for mayors duties.That city is going to die a slow death.
Why does the state SC decide whether the charges rise to that level or not?
If the residents want her gone, then she should go.
Dumbass stupidity and idiotic statements ARE a recallable event.
Not shocked .Do not care. If you reside anywhere near that cesspool, you should relocate, since your next mayor will be even worse. I will leave it at that, otherwise my wife won’t be cooking me dinner for some time.
Not shocked .Do not care. If you reside anywhere near that cesspool, you should relocate, since your next mayor will be even worse. I will leave it at that, otherwise my wife won’t be cooking me dinner for some time.
Right, the plaintiffs are also leftists.
However, the ruling is good. Tear gas use can never be an impeachable offense.
Would the poilce chief have a chance?
What needs to be said to the courts is, and ought to be, that the decision of whether or not the allegations rise to the necessary level for impeaching the mayor is a decision that belongs to the voting citizens of Seattle, not the courts, any court. If there are enough valid recall petition signatures, then the decision to recall or not needs to go to the voting booth, period.
You are right, it should not be.
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