With lightning speed just three weeks into signature gathering, the effort to oust Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao appears to be gathering steam. Using a shuttered business for their stage, recallers say they are succeeding.
Saturday afternoon saw yet another rally to recall Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao in what was once restaurant Le Cheval, closed in part due to street crime."She didn't inherit all these problems. She caused a number of problems," said retired Alameda Superior Court Judge Brenda Harbin-Forte, who heads the recall petition.
"Twelve-thousand five-hundred people plus who have signed already to recall Mayor Sheng Thao," said recall organizer Seneca Scott.A rainbow of recallers said Thao will be gone if the recall gets on the November ballot and passes. "We are not getting the services we deserve throughout, and the crime is spreading," said Edward Escobar of Citizens Unite. "We know that the voters made a mistake by voting for Sheng Thao.
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