So Rocco Rossi's new idea to get votes is to tap into the palpable voter anger and frustration by championing the the concept of recall...whereby voters can fire the Mayor or any Councillor through a petition and trigger an election.
Somehow I expected more from this guy.
Guess what Rocco...we already have recall...it's called an election. If you don't like your chosen representative...DON'T RE-ELECT THEM!
I am pleased to see that the other candidates for Mayor are not supporting this idea - they have resisted the idea to pander for votes...because recall is not good policy. Why? Let me offer my thoughts...
Recall stifles leadership. Who will take a bold position and advance a vision for the city if they fear the constant threat of recall by special interests? We want leadership yet we would cut them off at the knees. The social policies that make Canada so progressive are some of the very things that would have come under fire and perhaps have never been proposed if the threat of recall were available.
Recall will result in more campaigning and constant pandering for votes rather than getting work done.
Recall means more politics not less.
Recall invariably means more elections...DO WE REALLY NEED MORE ELECTIONS?
No Rocco...I think the current system works just fine.
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