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  Re: Something To Hide
  By: Lee Lofaso to Matt Bedynek on Tue Aug 25 2015 08:35 pm

 LL> We live in a different world here, in the USA. Unlike
 LL> in Europe, we do not have a vote of confidence. Not by
 LL> the government, not by the people.

Maybe you should re-read the constitution. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recall_election

Successful recalls
1911 recall of Hiram Gill, Mayor of Seattle, Washington[9]
1916 recall of J. W. Robinson, Mayor of Boise, Idaho[10]
1921 recall of Lynn Frazier, Governor of North Dakota
1928 Lester R. Rice-Wray, Los Angeles, California, City Council member
1977 recall of County Judge Archie Simonson,Madison, Wisconsin
1983 recall of Michigan state senators Phil Mastin and David Serotkin due to
their support for a state income tax hike. Loss of these two Democratic
lawmakers, along with two special elections won by Republicans, flipped the
state senate to GOP control, where it has remained ever since (as of September
2011.)
1987 recall of Mike Boyle, Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska.
1987 recall of James Holley, Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia
1994 recall of officials in River Vale, New Jersey: Mayor Walter Jones,
Councilwoman Patricia Geier, and Councilman Bernard Salmon[11]
1995 recall of California State Assemblyman Paul Horcher
1995 recall of California State Assembly Speaker Doris Allen
1996 recall of Carrollton Texas Mayor Gary Blanscet and council members Linda
Caldwell, Bernis Francis, Stan Hampton, Bob Novinsky and Bert Colter.
1996 recall of Wisconsin State Senator George Petak[12]
1998 recall of Tim Peters, mayor of North Pole, Alaska.[13]
2002 recall of Woodrow Stanley, mayor of Flint, Michigan.
2002 recall of multiple Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, elected county officials
including Executive F. Thomas Ament (resigned before election); Board Chair
Karen Ordinans; and Board Supervisors Penny Podell, LeAnn Launstein, David
Jasenski, Kathy Arciszewski, James McGuigan, and Linda Ryan. All were recalled
due to a retirement pension controversy.[14]
2003 recall of Gray Davis, Governor of California
2003 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Gary George[12]
2005 recall of James E. West, Mayor of Spokane, Washington.
2006 recall of Neil Marko, Mayor of Roosevelt, New Jersey.
2008 recall of Carmen Kontur-Gronquist, Mayor of Arlington, Oregon.
2010 recall of James Holley, Mayor of Portsmouth, Virginia.
2011 recall of Carlos Alvarez, Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Florida.
2011 recall of Natacha Seijas, Miami-Dade County Commissioner.
2011 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Randy Hopper
2011 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Dan Kapanke
2011 recall of Neal Knight, Mayor of Cornelius, Oregon, and city councilors
Mari Gottwald and Jamie Minshall, less than a year after their election, due to
unhappiness over their votes to fire the city manager.[15]
2011 recall of multiple Killeen, Texas elected city officials including Mayor
Pro Tem Scott Cosper and four city council members.[16]
2011 recall of Arizona State Senator Russell Pearce.
2011 recall of Michigan State Representative Paul Scott
2012 recall of Fullerton, California City Council members Don Bankhead, F.
Richard "Dick" Jones and Patrick McKinley.
2012 recall of Bob Ryan, Mayor of Sheboygan, WI[17]
2012 recall of Wisconsin State Senator Van H. Wanggaard[18]
2012 recall of Janice Daniels, Mayor of Troy, Michigan[19]
2012 recall of Melinda Myers, Clerk & Recorder of Saguache County, Colorado.
2013 recall of Colorado Democratic State Senator John Morse[20]
2013 recall of Colorado Democratic State Senator Angela Giron[20]
2013 recall of Deedy Slaughter, Mayor of Port Allen, Louisiana[21]
2014 recall of Fall River, Massachusetts Mayor William A. Flanagan
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