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Judging by the standing ovations – and those who sat on their hands – as West was introduced, the vast majority of the 500 to 600 people present are West fans. The evening started with West recalling the “campaign of 2010 [during which] a lot of nasty things were said and done.” He recounted a blogger’s threat to skin him alive, the spreading of his Social Security number in a campaign mailing, and a protest staged outside his campaign headquarters. One anti-West activist started yelling, repeatedly, “what about ballots and bullets.” That was a reference to a line from radio...

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Spokane, Wash. (AP) -- Organizers of an effort to recall Mayor James E. West because of a sex scandal delivered more than 17,000 petition signatures to election officials Wednesday. If 12,567 are valid, the recall can go to a special vote-by-mail election ballot Nov. 29. The Spokane County auditor must wait five days before counting the signatures. The petitions were delivered by Shannon Sullivan, a political novice who led the campaign, and attorney Jerry Davis, who beat West's attorneys in a state Supreme Court fight to allow the effort to go forward.