Wall Street Journal is covering recall initiatives, including Toledo's.
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High unemployment in a handful of economically battered cities is stoking voter anger and prompting efforts to recall some mayors.
The Akron, Ohio, mayor survived a recall Tuesday by a large margin. A potential recall looms in the fall across the state, in auto-battered Toledo. Recall efforts also are under way in West New York, N.J., led by residents fuming over potholes and tax increases.
I found this at the comments to this story.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124589066756451049.html#articleTabs%3Dco...
* Don Brazier wrote:
"When times are bad people look around for someone to blame. Municipalities are especially hard hit during a recession and mayors are going to take the blunt of the blame when some potholes go unfilled."
~The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism~
Sir William Osler