GRAY DAVIS RECALL A HOAX? ALERT (?!?) [No, not a hoax]

Liberty Belles email

[AnnaZ]

 

 

Greetings Liberty Belles and Beaux!

Many of you are probably aware of the campaign to recall Governor Gray Davis.  If the people decide they are not pleased with the performance of a politician, they have a legal right to petition for his removal from office.  If the petition gathers enough signatures and the politician is recalled, an election is held to determine who will take his place in office.

The Recall Gray Davis campaign has touted its huge success claiming approximately 20,000 signatures per day.  There is one problem, however.

As of this writing, the petitions on www.recallgraydavis.com and www.davisrecall.com contain language that negates the purpose of the petition.  Specifically, the second to last paragraph states:

"The answer of the officer to be recalled is as follows:  IF YOU SIGN THIS PETITION IT MAY LEAD TO A SPECIAL ELECTION THIS SUMMER COSTING US TAXPAYERS AN ADDITIONAL $20-40 MILLION.  Last November, almost 8,000,000 Californians went to the polls.  They voted to elect Governor Davis to another term.  Just days after the Governor's inauguration in January, however, a handful of rightwing politicians are attempting to overturn the voters' decision.  They couldn't beat him fair and square, so now they're trying another trick to remove him from office.  This effort is being led by the former Chairman of the State Republican Party, who was censured by his own party.  We should not waste scarce taxpayers' dollars on sour grapes.  The time for the partisanship and campaigning is past.  It's time for both parties to work together on our State's problems.  Moreover, the allegations leveled against the Governor are false.  As governor, Davis has vetoed almost $9 BILLION in spending.  California, along with 37 other states, is facing a budget deficit due to the bad national economy.  The Bush Administration has announced the federal deficit this year will be the biggest in history.  $304 BILLION.  In these difficult and dangerous times, LET'S WORK TOGETHER, not be diverted by partisan mischief. /s/ Gray Davis Governor Gray Davis 9911 W. Pico Boulevard, Suite 980 Los Angeles, CA  90035."

We are currently researching this issue to find out whether or not there is a
legitimate recall campaign and to determine who is behind this fraudulent
campaign.  We will keep you posted as events develop.

In the meantime, read all petitions carefully, and do not submit your personal
information to this fraudulent campaign.

In Freedom,

Jennifer and Joe

P.S.  Thanks, Gene C!

Liberty Belles

http://www.libertybelles.org

[AnnaZ]

I couldn't post the PDF but fortunately the LB PsTB typed it out for me.

 

;^)

[AnnaZ]

Ping.

[A CA Guy]

Dear Lord!

[Political Junkie Too]

Isn't that just rebuttal language that one usually finds on state propositions?

-PJ

[AnnaZ]

Seems pretty insane, right?

[AnnaZ]

Isn't that just rebuttal language that one usually finds on state propositions?

 

No clue. Anyone?

[AnnaZ]

"The answer of the officer to be recalled is as follows: 

You might be on to something there...

[Syncro]

I couldn't post the PDF but fortunately the LB PsTB typed it out for me.

Yea, I understand all that alaphabet stuff...lol.

But thanks for the info serisly....

[Jim Robinson]

This is the lead into the statement in question:

"The answer of the officer to be recalled is as follows:"

It appears to be Davis himself whining about the recall.

[HAL9000]

It looks like those petitions were hacked somehow.

[Jim Robinson]

By the way, I received a petition form today via snail mail. It contains the same language.

[AnnaZ]

I think you're right.

 

(I prefer leaving him in actually. It's his stinkin' mess, and the next election would be a Pubbie landslide.)

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[bootless]

Syncro!! How are you? Grate, I hope!

Unfortunately, I have no idea about the recall language. Melanie Morgan at KSFO would be a grate place to start...

[Jim Robinson]

I'm with you. When your enemy is self-destructing, why stop him. However, every day he remains in office he's digging a deeper hole for us. Gonna be hell to recover.

[FairOpinion]

OMG! You are right!

The site must have been hacked!!!

I just had a couple of people sign that petition, good thing I didn't mail it.

After reading your post I looked at it, and sure enough there is that bogus last paragraph. I am sure that is not part of the original petition, it's clear from the wording.

The things Davis stoops to, to invalidate the recall effort...

But you are right. This is RED ALERT!!!

[HAL9000]

I just searched Google for the phrase "answer of the officer sought to be recalled" - and apparently that section is a legal requirement for a recall petition.

Unfortunately, the web site did not explain that.

[dpwiener]

Whoever wrote the above email message doesn't have a clue what they are talking about.

California's Election Code Section 11023 requires that: (a) Within seven days after the filing of the notice of intention, the officer sought to be recalled may file with the elections official, or in the case of a state officer, the Secretary of State, an answer, in not more than 200 words, to the statement of the proponents.

Furthermore, Election Code Section 11041 requires that: (a) ...Before any signature may be affixed to a recall petition, each page of each section must bear all of the following in no less than 8-point type:
(3) The answer of the officer sought to be recalled, if any. If the officer sought to be recalled has not answered, the petition shall so state.

That's why the recall petition contains that rebuttal statement by Gray Davis. The recall petition is perfectly legal, and has already gone through two rounds of technical revisions by the Secretary of State.

[AndyTheBear]

Isn't that just rebuttal language that one usually finds on state propositions?

Yes exactly. Chill everybody. It is clearly labled as a rebuttal statement. Higher up there are reasons to recall the man. Kind of like a voter pamphlet having the for and against sections.