A moral victory would have been for the Mayor to even pay attention to the recall “effort.”
Veteran activist Zaki Baruti says that the petition movement currently has about 14,000 signatures, well short of the roughly 43,000 needed to force a vote.
Rather, Baruti said the new goal is 19,500 names, a number equal to the amount of votes Slay received in the 2005 general election.
Can’t even match the primary number of 24,000. Nice.
While the whispers out there suggest a tough African-American challenger in 2009 if Slay seeks a third term, that seems most like if the Belt of Power attempts a run dividing up the Mayor’s base–well taking a sliver of the Mayor’s base, but enough of one to throw the election if there is a solid African-American opponent like a guy with a Louisiana accent and an Irish name. What happens without Favazza? It’s hard to say and may even mean no one tough gets in the race.
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