McCowen's comment
John McCowen said he was unable to get a comment uploaded to this site and asked me if I would post this comment for him. It is the text of a letter to the editor we published this week:
"Contrary to your recent blog entry, I am not involved in any effort to recall Supervisor Jim Wattenburger. In fact, when approached on the subject, I invariably argue against it. Recall should be reserved for specific circumstances like corruption and incompetence. It should not be used just because someone has voted the "wrong" way. If that were the case, we would have an endless cycle of elections followed by recalls. It is ironic that your report links me to a recall effort when I have argued at every opportunity that a recall is not warranted. Thank you for the opportunity to set the record straight. John McCowen"