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Buck Howdy's on the Case
I am not sure what Constitutional grounds exist to advocate to impeach either President Bush or Obama, but regardless, the timing is immaterial. So if Rod Blagojevich only had a year left in office, a blind eye should have been turned? Or for Duke Cunningham? Or Nixon? Or Eliot Spitzer? The amount of term left is irrelevant. The key is once a politician needs to go, the people cannot just wait and let that person remain in a position of power. That is why the remaining term of the aforementioned individuals was not an issue. Mr. Vaus simply stepped up at the behest of the four other members of Poway's City Council -- they unanimously recommended Rexford resign. Once she rebuked that demand, a recall was the only way to effectuate her removal from office. Lucky for Poway, someone volunteered to step up and spearhead such an effort.— November 11, 2009 2:23 p.m.
Buck Howdy's on the Case
This is a disappointing piece. There is not a single "fact" that Mr. Vaus has (a) used this recall to profit; or (b) that he is doing it to gain publicity. An unbiased story would look at the facts, such as whether downloads of his songs have increased in iTunes, or whether sales of his records have increased. Given no such evidence was presented, I postulate it has not happened. And looking at this objectively is it even plausible to think that having some local stories in Poway discuss Mr. Vaus is going to have any measurable effect on national record sales? In fact, the only "evidence" in this story is that there was a promotion of Carols by Candlelight. But that is a fund-raiser for Rady Children's Hospital -- a very worthy cause. Not surprising the story fails to state how Mr. Vaus benefits by more money being raised for the hospital (a fund raiser he has been involved with for many years before this recall effort). The story is Rexford's corruption. That Ms. Rexford's only defense appears to be to attack Mr. Vaus is telling as to her defense. Luckily, Mr. Vaus is courageous enough to stand up and do what is right, notwithstanding unsubstantiated, patently false gossip. The fact that Rexford's "so-called supporters" can only take aim at the messenger, having no counter to the message, further demonstrates there is no legitimate reason for her not to be recalled. And those are the facts.— November 11, 2009 1:06 p.m.