Dear Recall Supporters and Interested Parties,

Many have asked why the recall effort announced that it would not be hitting its goal several days early.

The reason is that in order to END UP with the required number of validated signatures we needed to collect more than the minimum number as many are usually rejected.  You can be sure that Jack Weiss and his "team" would have used every tool at their disposal to invalidate as many as possible.

In this case we needed to hit at least 28,000 according to the experts.  There was simply no source for that many more (8,000) signatures.   We have been told that around 500 - 1000 additional signatures exist out there – not nearly enough. 

The primary reason for announcing early was that the City would have had to spend $100,000 to pay for and train validators had we not notified them when we did.  We could not in good conscience cost the City that money. 

Believe that we are deeply frustrated by how close we came.  We did not give up, we simply were not going to get there and could not justify forcing the City Clerk to expend precious City resources. 

A few facts to understand:  About 40,000 votes were cast in the 2005 election.  We were required to get 15% of 150,000+ registered voters or roughly 23,000 signatures.  Jack Weiss received only 28,571 votes in 2005.   

To achieve a sufficient margin for invalid signatures we had to get just about as many signatures as he got votes.  As it stands, we got about 20,000 signatures - just 8,000 less than Jack Weiss got votes - roughly 70% of his total or 50% of all votes cast in 2005. 

Despite the fact that we will not hit our goal, the recall was a clear vote of no-confidence in Jack Weiss.

Anyone who reads the emails sent to the recall will understand the breadth and depth of the dissatisfaction with Jack Weiss and why a recall effort was needed.  

We encourage everyone to send an email to Leanne Pelham of the City Ethics Commission and demand that she respond to the ethics complaint filed by the recall and enforce the City Charter.

Finally, we have been told that the recall was the best thing to happen to CD5 under Jack Weiss.  He was forced to actually meet with and listen to his constituents.  According to one person Jack Weiss was "giving away the farm" in response to the recall. 

 Many worthy projects were given attention they would have otherwise not received.  We can only hope that he learned something - namely that he works for US, not just his developer benefactors.

Click here to see the letter that was sent to the City Clerk, raw signature totals and a representative list of emails sent to the recall.

Coalition of CD5 Homeowner Associations Effectiveness Report On Jack Weiss