Thursday, September 16, 2010

Mayor Recall Successful! (in another Ohio town)

Former West Jefferson Mayor Tom Phillips accuses the current mayor of misspending funds, hiring a relative and other alleged misdeeds.
West Jefferson, Ohio, recalls its Mayor
West Jefferson, Ohio, had a lot of problems with their new Mayor. Citizens of West Jefferson circulated a recall petition which.. "among other things, accused [the Mayor] of misusing funds, usurping the council's authority and creating a hostile work environment." A recall committee was formed and the recall of the mayor was put on a special election ballot, (which cost the village about $10,000). On Tuesday, the mayor of West Jefferson was removed with 67% of the votes going against her, oops, we mean "him." (Click here to read the whole story.)

Since Frank Lewis and the Portsmouth Daily Times have such a hard time keeping up with all of the craziness in our town, we thought we would give them a hand. We took the article in the Columbus Dispatch, made a few changes, and voila, the Times will have a ready-made story to cover the recall of Jane Murray (probably in December). It surprising how little we had to change to get the story right! (Click on the picture below to see an enlarged version.)

10 comments:

  1. Oh, that is soooooo funny!

    As the saying goes, from your website, to God's Ears and Eyes!

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  2. It might be interesting to see a side by side comparison of what each did to see who is the worst Mayor...Hockenbery or Murray. I bet this is one contest Mayor Jane can win hands down.

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  3. Oh yea....this is one jane is GOOD AT! when it comes to Craziest elected public official.....MYRTLE JANE MURRAY come on down!

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  4. so how soon will the new recall be out i would like to get my name on it ...can someone give some info

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  5. New petitions are already being circulated. I think Tom Bihl's number is in the phone book. If you want to sign, call him up.

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  6. The Recall Committee hopes to have the recall on the ballot DECEMBER 7, 2010.

    Contact information and locations to sign petitions are now listed in the upper right-hand corner of P-Town Underground's main page.

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  7. Maybe y'all could sell P-Town Underground T-shirts to raise money for the recall! I'd buy one (or would that defeat the purpose?) LOL

    Thanks for keeping us informed! This thing about her calling police officers to "get something" on Chief Horner takes the cake. Can't she be fired for that? Seems like there should be an easier way to get her out!

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  8. What is with the "No Turn on Red" signs all over town? I don't get it. Some are in locations where there is plenty of visibility. Anyone know what's up with that? Is this part of Jane's "leadership?"

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  9. It's part of Moron Murray's obsessive compulsive need to make every citizen of Portsmouth bend to her whims and will and dance to the tune being played by the broken record and record player in her head.

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  10. "No Right Turn On Green" is gonna be next -- just you wait and see.

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