ELIAS ABUELAZAM IS ARRAIGNED IN FLINT 08/26/10 some call him Shrek most call him EVIL

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This Pre Trial is scheduled for next Tuesday. The Prosecutor asked for $10,000,000 bond. Judge Perry ordered no bond.

The code name for him with the police was shrek. The code name given to him by Prosecutor David Leyton is EVIL. I agree with the prosecutor. I also heard that EVIL was tracked electronically. He is nothing but guilty. He told Sheriff Pickell the cameras made him nervous. Pickell told him to get used to it.

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Earlier the press had been taken on a tour of the jail and showed where  EVIL will sleep.

At the press conference in response to the Prosecutor stating the crime lab takes a long time  he was asked if the crime lab was faster would  the  police have noticed a patteren of killing earlier.  Leyton was non committal.

The  press asked about a white victem and if other people were to  be charged. They seems to be testimony that at on one occassion there was another person in the car with him at a stabbing.  Another reporter asked if  the motive might be  that several  people of Arab decent had recently been killed. These  questions could not be answered.-trb

NOTES..........................................................

"This is one of 14 incidents of murder and assault with intent to murder. Five people are dead. The rest faced death and are seriously injured," Leyton told the judge in asking for the high bail. "He is not a citizen of the United States. The court should do all it can to make sure he stands trial in Genesee County where he ran rampant, created havoc and attacked innocent citizens."[4]






A man who's suspected in 18 stabbing attacks in three states, including five fatal stabbings, has been ordered held without bond. Elias Abuelazam (A'-boo-LAH'-zuhm) was arraigned by video in a Flint, Mich., court today on a charge of assault with intent to murder in connection with a July 27 attack. He'd been flown to Michigan from Atlanta earlier in the day.[2]

On Aug. 11, investigators went to a market outside Flint where Abuelazam had worked for a month. A store video showed Abuelazam matched the description of the suspect. He had not been seen at work since Aug. 1, when he told people he was off to Virginia.

Using electronic records, investigators tracked Abuelazam to Atlanta's airport and arrested him at the boarding gate.[4]





Elias Abuelazam, 33, is accused of stabbing 14 men in the Flint area, including five who died, and attacking four others in Virginia and Ohio. All of the attacks were on men and most were African American.

Abuelazam appeared for his arraignment via video from the jail. He was charged in one nonfatal attack in the Flint area and being held in the Genesee County Jail. Judge Nathaniel Perry III ordered he be held on no bond.

Abuelazam will be back in court Aug. 31 for a pretrial hearing.

Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said in court that more charges – including murder charges for the deaths of five Flint-area men – will be filed against Abuelazam.

“I believe he is not sick,” Leyton said of Abuelazam at a news conference after the hearing. “He is evil.”-trb


Abuelazam’s attorneys, Brian Morley and Edwar Zeineh – both based in Lansing – were also in court. After the hearing, Morley said he’s waiting to receive discovery from the prosecutor’s office.[1]

Many of the victims reported to police that their attacker stabbed them after first asking them for help, police have said. The attacks in the Flint area happened between May and August, when it's believed Abuelazam attacked three other men in Leesburg, Va., and one in Toledo, according to police.[1]

Etwan Wilson, 17, who was attacked and stabbed in early August in Flint, was in court today. Wilson, whose lungs, liver and heart were pierced when he was attacked, by a man who asked him for directions. He has a long scar on his chest from where doctors had to operate.[1]

He was disappointed Abuelazam wasn’t there in person.[1]

“I wanted to see him,” Wilson said of Abuelazam. “I wanted him to see me.”[1]


Abuelazam, an Israeli citizen, was arrested at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where he planned to board a plane to Tel Aviv, Israel.[1]



Detectives from the Flint Michigan State Police Task Force that investigated the serial killings and stabbings met at 5:30 in the morning before flying to Atlanta on board a Michigan Department of Transportation plane. [3]

The twin engine King Air craft arrived in Atlanta around 8 a.m. Detectives headed straight to the Fulton County Jail and picked up their suspect. [3]

After leaving the jail, Elias Abuelazam was never in the custody of anyone other than the Michigan State Police detectives who led the investigation into Genesee County’s 14 stabbings, five of which were deadly.[3]

This is a rare situation. Usually law enforcement agencies pay a private extradition service to bring fugitives to Michigan to face charges, but Abuelazam is no usual fugitive.

There are several reasons for this special transport operation.[3]

Police say due to Abuelazam’s alleged violent tendencies, they wanted to keep him isolated and under their control. He was surrounded by four detectives and chained during transport.[3]

Police also say due to the high-profile nature of the case they wanted to protect Abuelazam from any form of revenge attack. They kept their arrival times and route confidential until the last minute, when they walked him before NBC25’s camera. Abuelazam also wore a bullet-proof vest.[3]

A Flint Police transport van escorted by Michigan State Police took the suspect straight to the Genesee County Jail from the airport. [3]

There inmates expecting to be released were held in a bullpen, while deputies armed with Tasers booked Abuelazam.[3]

“There was like seven police behind this big guy,” said Dean Campbell, a former inmate who witnessed Abuelazam’s booking. “They had him in a bullet proof vest.”[3]

Campbell says Abuelazam acted with arrogance, smirking during his mugshot.[3]

Campbell says inmates jeered at the suspected serial killer through it all, but Abuelazam’s defense attorney says his client told him he felt he was being treated with professionalism.[3]

“I asked about the plane ride,” says defense attorney Brian Morely. “He said it was fine, professional. I asked him how jail was. He said there have been no problems. No backlash.”[3]







His plane landed in Flint on a Bishop International Airport runway and taxied to a hangar at AvFlight at 12:16 p.m.[1]

He de-boarded the 10-to-12-seat Michigan-owned plane, escorted by several Michigan State Police officers and wearing a bulletproof vest. He was put into the back of a Flint Police Department van.[1]

He looked to be staring to his left out of the van toward a bank of reporters, photographers and videographers when the van’s doors were closed and he was driven off by 12:22 p.m.[1]












[1]

http://www.freep.com/article/20100826/NEWS06/100826022/Flint-slasher-suspect-ordered-held-without-bond


[2]

http://www.9and10news.com/Category/Story/?id=249354&cID=3


[3]

http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=502710


[4]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129453382

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EVIL has returned to Flint MI.

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HE HAS ARRIVED, Arraignment afternoon of Thursday 08/26/10 expected to be in the Mcree Building 68th District Court Judge Perry expected to be the presiding judge.




……News has learned that serial murder suspect Elias Abuelazam will be flown from Atlanta to Michigan Thursday morning. [1]



Elias Abuelazam, 33, will be extradited to Genesee County Thursday.

Abuelazam was arrested Aug. 11 at an Atlanta, Georgia, airport, allegedly trying to flee the country.[3]

KNIFE WEAPON OF PREFERENCE

He is charged with attempted murder for a knife attack in Flint on July 27. He is suspected in at least 18 stabbings across three states.[3]

VICTEMS TO BE IN COURT

Some victims tell NBC25 they have received notice and plan to be in court to face him Thursday afternoon. [4]

How can a fair ID be made if the victims seem him first at the arraignment?



Abuelazam is a suspect in a string of knife and hammer attacks that left five people dead and 13 injured. [1]



ASSAULT WITH INTENT TO MURDER



So far Abuelazam has only been charged with one count of assault with intent to murder In Genesee County. Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton promises many more charges are pending. His office is still gathering evidence. [4]



MICHIGAN CRIMINAL JURY INSTRUCTIONS

CJI2d 17.3 Assault with Intent to Murder

(1) The defendant is charged with the crime of assault with intent to murder. To prove this charge, the prosecutor must prove each of the following elements beyond a reasonable doubt:

(2) First, that the defendant tried to physically injure another person.

(3) Second, that when the defendant committed the assault, [he / she] had the ability to cause an injury, or at least believed that [he / she] had the ability.

(4) Third, that the defendant intended to kill the person [he / she] assaulted [, and the circumstances did not legally excuse or reduce the crime] .*



CRIMINAL ARRAIGNMENT

Arraignment

A. In General



In general, there are three kinds of arraignments, depending on the nature of the charges and the nature of the court: district court arraignment on a misdemeanor charge, district court arraignment on a felony charge, and circuit court arraignment on a felony charge. In each case, the general purpose of the proceeding is the same—to advise the defendant of the nature of the charge and of his or her procedural rights and to permit the defendant to claim or waive those rights. [5]

At the arraignment, the charging document is read (or the reading is waived), and conditions or amount of bail may be set, amended, or continued. [5]

There are special provisions in the court rules for a preliminary arraignment when the arrest is made in a county other than that in which the charges have been made. See MCR 6.104(C). [5]

MCR 6.006(A) provides that district and circuit courts may use two-way interactive video technology to conduct the initial arraignment on the warrant and arraignments on the information as well as pretrial’s, pleas, and sentencing for misdemeanors, among other proceedings. Under the system, the arraigning judge can see the defendant and the defendant can see the judge. The use of this technology must be in accordance with the requirements and guidelines established by the SCAO, and all proceedings must be recorded verbatim by the court. MCR 6.006(D). [5]

After the reading (or waiver of the reading) of the complaint in a district court felony arraignment, the defendant is given the opportunity to demand or waive a preliminary examination. MCR 6.610(H). [5]

At a district court felony arraignment, the accused must be advised of the rights provided in MCR 6.104(E). He or she must be informed of the maximum possible prison sentence and any mandatory minimum sentence. MCR 6.104(E)(1). [5]

On arrest, or by an order on completion of arraignment, fingerprints of the defendant are to be taken when the charged offense is a felony or misdemeanor or ordinance violation punishable by imprisonment for more than 92 days. MCL 28.243 (which also applies to certain criminal contempt’s), 764.29. [5]

In 2009, MCL 750.520m was amended to require that DNA testing is mandatory when a person is charged with a violent crime, as defined by MCL 791.236(19). This includes murder and manslaughter, kidnapping, criminal sexual conduct, robbery, carjacking, mayhem, and felony assaults. [5]



PREDICTABLY THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY WILL REQUEST A FORENSIC EXAMINATION WHICH WILL DELAY THE NEXT STEPM 30 DAYS PLUS



PRELIMINARY EXAMINATION

Preliminary Examination

A. Theory



§20.27 A preliminary examination in a felony case is a judicial proceeding in the district court to determine whether there is sufficient evidence to continue proceedings leading to a circuit court trial. The burden is on the prosecuting attorney to establish the existence of probable cause to believe that a felony (that is, an offense that cannot be tried in the district court) has been committed and that the defendant committed it. MCR 6.110(E). Except as specifically provided elsewhere by law, the Michigan Rules of Evidence (MRE) and other established rules of evidence apply. MCR 6.110(C). [5]

Under MCL 600.2167, the report of a forensic technician, pathologist, or medical examiner may be introduced as his or her testimony if you are given a copy and do not demand his or her presence in writing not more than five days after receiving a copy of the report. Even if you demand his or her testimony, it can be given by video or voice communication equipment on the timely request of the prosecuting attorney, or the preliminary examination may be adjourned so that the expert can be there. [5]









Police say they suspect the Israeli citizen and legal U.S. resident in 18 stabbings. Three happened in Leesburg, Virginia, one in Toledo, Ohio, and fourteen in Genesee County.

Five victims died in Genesee County. They include Flint Township resident 60-year-old Frank Kellybrew, and Flint residents 31-year-old David Motley, 59-year-old Emmanuel A. Muhammad, 43-year-old Darwin Marshall, and 43-year-old Arnold Minor. [4]



Police say Abuelazam drove at night hunting for victims. He would often ask them for help, then pull out a knife, slash their bodies, and speed away. In some cases he used other weapons, such as a hammer. [4]



Abuelazam was captured at Atlanta's Hartsfield Jackson Airport earlier this month as he tried to board a plane to Israel. He waived extradition and has been waiting for Michigan authorities to pick him up from the Fulton County jail. [1]

FOX 5 News has also learned that he has a first appearance hearing in Flint, Michigan Thursday afternoon. [1]



Extradition has long been a sore spot for sheriffs who contend state and federal authorities should pay more of the costs to return fugitives. Now economic troubles and budget deficits are forcing prosecutors and sheriffs to make tough decisions about who will face prosecution and who will remain free.[2]



Returning the stabbing suspect, Elias Abuelazam, to Michigan to face multiple murder charges is expected to cost between $2,000 and $10,000 at a time when Genesee County has an $18 million budget deficit.[2]



Then-U.S. Sen. Joe Biden introduced legislation in 2008 that would have devoted more federal funding to help regional and local task forces extradite fugitives. But the legislation stalled and has yet to gain widespread support from lawmakers.[2]



"We have to juggle with limited resources," said Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton. "I have to do more with less, but so does just about everybody. We will do the job whether we get the extra help or not."[2]



Details of his departure from Atlanta are being closely guarded, but media outlets in Michigan were given advanced notice of Abuelazam's arrival.[1]



There is no word on exactly when Thursday or how Abuelazam will be transported back to Michigan.[3]



He is expected to be held in the Genesee County Jail upon his return.[4]









The word is EVIL Elias Abuelazam , is already here , 08/26/2010, in the Genesee County Jail in Flint MI. In the role of a photo /text blogger for Good Morning Flint! I will be at the arraignment, in the court room with press credentials. Any media interested in pictures/ video? They will be posted free , open use, waiver of copyright, to my flicker account and “Good Morning Flint!, for proper attribution. " Photos by Terry Bankert". I will post them to

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See

[1]

http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/dpp/news/serial-stabbing-suspect-to-head-back-to-mich-082510


[2]

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iUvQl_Gi0-DM1WOXKN6wK6XIAUBAD9HQ5O200


[3]

http://www.woodtv.com/dpp/news/central_mich/Serial-stabber-suspect-in-MI-Thursday




[4]

http://www.connectmidmichigan.com/news/story.aspx?id=502287




[5]

Michigan Basic Practice Handbook ch 20 (ICLE 6th ed 2007), at http://www.icle.org/modules/books/chapter.aspx/?lib=general&book=2007553820&chapter=20


(last updated 08/13/2010).






The word is EVIL Elias Abuelazam , is already here , 08/26/2010, in the Genesee County Jail in Flint MI. In the role of a photo /text blogger for Good Morning Flint! I will be at the arraigment, in the court room with press credentials. Any media interested in pictures/ video? They will be posted free , open use, waiver of copyright, to my flicker account and “Good Morning Flint!, for proper attribution. " Photos by Terry Bankert". I will post them to
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GOOD MORNING FLINT! MAYOR, PETITIONS, ORGANIZERS AND CALUMNY!

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MAYOR,PETITIONS,ORGANIZERS AND CALUMNY!




Until the election is set recall petitions should be challenged. Once the election is set it is a vote of confidence or no confidence on the mayor by the people. How more democratic and fair can that be. Walling should invited the community to give him a mandate on his policies. Or they could show him the door.(gmf)



MAYOR WALLING WILL STOP THE VOTERS CHANCE TO CAST A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE OR NO CONFIDENCE ON HIM

Flint Mayor Dayne Walling says the recall effort against him will be stopped before it ever gets to a vote. [1]

WHAT RESOURCES WILL THE CITY USE TO PERSONALLY DEFEND THE MAYOR?

Walling made those comments today as he geared up for his challenge to the petition signatures.[1]

DAVID DAVENPORT, JUST ONE OF MANY.

It's been three weeks since the petition signatures targeting Flint's mayor for recall were turned in to the city clerk's office. At the time, David Davenport, the author of the recall language, said his group had validated 10,000 signatures. [1]

14,000 PEOPLE SIGNED THE PETITION ASKING FOR A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE

More than 14,000 signatures were turned at the end of July. Only 8,004 signatures are required for a recall election. [1]



[T]he petitions state that Walling should be recalled for laying off 23 firefighters and 46 police officers last spring.[4]



NOBODY THREW OUT SIGNATURES, IT SIMPLY WAS A GRASS ROOTS PROCESS FROUGHT WITH PROCEDURAL ERROR THE CLERKS CAUGHT

Since that day, the county clerk's office has thrown out 900 signatures.

Q: DID THE CLERKS CHECK EVERY SIGNATURE OR SIMPLY STOP THE PROCESS WHEN ENOUGH WERE FOUND PROCEURALLY VALID?

Just before last weekend, the city clerk threw out nearly 5,800 signatures, giving recall organizers a 263-vote margin of error.[1]

CLERKS EXPLAIN THE PROCESS.

According to information from the city clerk's office, those signatures were thrown out for a variety of reasons.

SIGNATURES WERE COLLECTED IN PUBLIC PLACES NOT ALL OF THE SIGNERS LIVED IN FLINT. DID YOU KNOW YOU COULD HAVE A FLINT MAILING ADDRESS BUT NOT LIVE IN THE CITY LIMITS

More than 1,400 were disqualified because they were from outside the city and nearly 1,600 were thrown out because the person signing was not a registered voter.[1]

WILL WALLING BE OFF THE TAX PAYER SUPPORTED CLOCK

Walling told us today that he's starting work tomorrow looking over the remaining signatures.[1]

And now Walling, in office for just barely one year, who had a multi-million dollar city deficit dumped in his lap, must turn away from the essential tasks of keeping the city out of state receivership, restructuring city government and payrolls and in getting some embers of economic promise glowing here in a city yearning for jobs.[4]

PEOPLE REALLY ANGRY WITH THE MAYOR COULD HAVE SIGNED TWICE

"There may be signatures that are disqualified for being duplicates, and there's not even a need to get into the more difficult issues of forgery and fraud. So those are things that could get resolved quickly this week," Walling said.

TARGETS CHALLENGING THE PROCESS IS STANDARD PRACTICE

The Chattanooga politicians who have been targeted for recall from office have hired attorneys and are vowing to fight the recall effort in court. Election Commission attorney Chris Clem said the recall effort has been riddled with legal issues, most notably the number of signatures actually required to force a recall election.[3]


FRAUD OR FORGERY IS A JUDGES DECISION NOT THE CLERKS

"The more complicated issues that would involve going before a judge would obviously take place at a later time."[1]

ALL RECALL PETITIONS SHOULD ALWAYS BE VIGOURSLY CHALLENGED

Should they not be able to identify enough signatures to be thrown out, Walling says he will pursue a legal challenge based on fraud or forgery.[1]

YOU CANNOT CASUALLY CALL PRIVATE CITIZENS CRIMINALS

His accusations have already spurred threats by an attorney hired by the Committee to Recall Dayne Walling. [1]

The group claiming to lead the recall against Walling is now threatening legal action against the city for what it calls slanderous statements made by the mayor.[1]\


Defamation—also called calumny, vilification, slander (for transitory statements), and libel (for written, broadcast, or otherwise published words)—is the communication of a statement that makes a claim, expressly stated or implied to be factual, that may give an individual, business,products, group, government or nation a negative image. It is usually a requirement that this claim be false and that the publication is communicated to someone other than the person defamed.).[5]


NAME CALLING WILL NOT GET US ANYWHERE

The committee leading the recall effort against Flint Mayor Dayne Walling is threatening legal action, claiming the mayor made "slanderous" statements about the group. [2]

COMMITTEE GIVES PUBLIC NOTICE TO THE MAYOR

The attorney for the group told city leaders Monday night at council that if the mayor does not retract the statements, then it could be the foundation for a legal fight. [2]

The signatures to recall Walling were turned in last week, and will be examined this week.[2]

WHAT LAWYERS?

The mayor says he is working with lawyers about these accusations being made, but more than anything, right now he's focused on stopping this recall in its tracks.[2]

"The mayor had wrongly characterized as the crew," said attorney Anthony Lubkin, who represents the Committee to Recall Dayne Walling.[2]

WRITTEN NOTICE, PRE EMPTIVE!

Lubkin read a letter at the Flint City Council meeting Monday, urging council members to speak out and distance the city from claims made by the mayor in the media.[2]

WHY COST THE CITY MORE MONEY!

"If not retracted by the mayor and repudiated by City Council, it could be the basis of legal action against the city," Lubkin said.[2]

THE ORGANIZERS  BROUGHT THE “ WILL/OPINION” OF 14,000 FORWARD TO BE HEARD.

Dan Parks, John Carpenter and Craig Smith are on the committee. Author of the language, David Davenport, is not a member.[2]

THIS IS A DEMOCRATIC PROCESS AMERICANS HAVE A RIGHT TO BE INVOLVED

"We would like to make sure that it is clear that our people aren't being called criminals," Lubkin said.[2]

MANY WILL SUPPORT THE MAYOR AND IF RECALLED QUESTION FLINT

But recall the one guy, Mayor Walling, who is actually trying the right-size city government, and what will Flint have proven?[4]

In the words of Flint native Bill Ballenger, editor of Inside Michigan Politics, “It’s getting to a point that you really wonder if Flint’s governable.”[4]


JUST WHAT HAS BEEN THROWN ANYWHERE

Fourteen-thousand signatures were collected. At a community meeting, the mayor said he is planning to work with a handwriting expert and challenge the ones that have not been thrown out.[2]

REGULAR ELECTIONS ARE IMPORTANT AND THE PETITIONS SHOULD BE RIGIOURSLY CHALLENGED

"There may be signatures that'll be disqualified for being duplicates, and there's not even a need to get into the more complicated issues around forgery or fraud," Walling said.

"I'm very confident this recall will be stopped even before it gets to the ballot."

CITY COUNCIL, NO COMMENT

City Council President Delrico Loyd says the council does not plan on commenting on this matter.[2]

THE COURT PROCESS COULD DELAY AN ELECTION BEYOND THE HIGH TURNOUT NOVEMBER GENERAL. WHICH WOULD BE BETTER A HIGH TURNOUT ELECTION OR A SPECIAL ELECTION? FOR WHOM?

The mayor says if he cannot find enough signatures to disqualify the recall by the end of the week, then he plans on pursing legal action.[2]


TO START A RECALL DOES NOT REQUIRE FORMALITY IN FACT TRUE GRASS ROOTS EFFORTS ARE MESSY.


The group calling itself The Committee To Recall Dayne Walling says it is now leading the fight to recall the mayor.[1]


ONCE A BALLOT QUESTION IS ESTABLISHED AND MONEY IS USED TO PERSUADE THE PUBLIC HOW TO VOTE A COMMITTEE AND FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY IS REQUIRED.

They made a point to tell ABC12's Cathy Shafran that the author of the recall language, David Davenport, is not a member of their committee, but just one of the many people collecting signatures.[1]

NOBODY REALLY HEADED THE PETITION DRIVE

Davenport confirmed today he is no longer leading the drive.[1]

NOW THAT AN ELECTION DATE IS IMMENENT THE COMMITTEE IS DOING THE RIGHT THING IN A TIMELY MANNER

The new committee members are real estate owners Dan Parks and Craig Smith. They say they've hired an Owosso attorney to represent them.[1]

LEGAL NOTICE IS THE FIRST STEP

That attorney says he has written the mayor and city council threatening legal action if the mayor does not retract statements suggesting the signatures were gathered in a fraudulent manner.[1]

WHO WILL PAY FOR THE HANDWRITING EXPERT

The attorney is expected to repeat that threat again at tonight's city council meeting.

Walling, meanwhile, is moving ahead with his challenges to the remaining signatures, planning to work with a handwriting expert over the next few days.[1]

HEAVEN FORBID THAT THERE BE A VOTE OF CONFIDENCE/NO CONFIDENCE

"That will be done this week in preparation for a legal challenge. The clerks don't have the ability to make any legal assessment about handwriting, so that's something we're doing in preparation for a legal challenge. I'm very confident that this recall will be stopped before it gets to the ballot."[1]

GRASS ROOTS DEMOCRACY CAN BECOME EXPENSIVE

No one on the recall committee would comment on the funding source for recall drive or attorney fees.[1]

THE RECALL IS NOT ABOUT School Board members or former mayors. Walling spinners will have you believe the recall is about anything except true PUBLIC NO CONFIDENCE with the Mayor. We can only hope the neutral media is aware of this political dynamic.

NOT ME SAYS ONE

We asked former Mayor Don Williamson, who had been rumored to have some money in the effort, about his potential financial involvement.[1]

He told us flatly that he has not put "one penny" or "one dollar" in the effort to recall Walling.[1]

BRILLANT !

When ABC12's Cathy Shafran asked him about his future political plans, however, Williamson did tell her that he is seriously considering running in the primary next August for Flint mayor.[1]


Since this is a blog and not a neutral media fact finder My declared position is I do not support recall initiations and petition signing. My opinion is that a recall is diminishment of the electoral process. Recall petitions should be vigorously challenged. Once on the ballot I am a defender of this process of democratic accountability. The election is caused by the people not an individual or committee . Attacking them after the election is set is fruitless. When on the ballot the election is best described as a vote of confidence or a vote of non confidence. The official the focus of a recall once on the ballot must defend his or her record.

Posted here

Terry Bankert

http://goodmorningflint.com/


[1]

http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=7625148


[2]

http://abclocal.go.com/wjrt/story?section=news/local&id=7625154


[3]

http://chattanoogapulse.com/newsfeatures/news-feature/politicians-at-heart-of-recall-fight-vow-legal-action123/


[4]

http://www.mlive.com/opinion/flint/index.ssf/2010/08/torn_from_the_front_page_flint_5.html




[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defamation

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