Signature Collection for Spokane Recall OKd
From Times Wire Reports
A recall petition against Mayor James E. West over a homosexual sex scandal can proceed to the signature-gathering phase, a judge ruled in Spokane.
Superior Court Judge Craig J. Matheson threw out two of the allegations made against West by Shannon Sullivan, a Spokane resident, but said the allegation that West improperly offered city jobs to prospective male dates could be put before voters.
Sullivan, a florist and novice political activist, now must collect more than 12,000 signatures over the next six months to qualify the recall measure for the ballot.