Call to Action: Recall the Red Queen!

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

It's time to bring the Madison Revolution to Arizona. Randy Parraz and Citizens for a Better Arizona want to know if Arizonans are willing to get their butts up off the couch and to do the hard work it takes to recall the Red Queen, Governor Jan Brewer. Are Arizonans equal to the task for which our brothers and sisters in Wisconsin have shown us the way? Group gauges voter interest in Brewer recall:

Randy Parraz and Chad Snow, co-founders of Citizens for a Better Arizona, also announced the creation of a "citizens posse" Monday to prevent voters from electing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to a sixth four-year term next year.

The pair stopped short of threatening to oust Brewer, whose term ends in 2014.

But they encouraged disgruntled voters to sign up to volunteer online at Citizens for a Better Arizona [http://citizensforabetteraz.org/] if they support a Brewer recall election, which would require more than 432,000 valid signatures [432, 021]. If at least 5,000 voters sign up as volunteer petition circulators, Parraz said, his group would back a recall effort against the governor.

"Our job is to listen to the citizens of Arizona," Parraz said.

Parraz said that Brewer overreached when she removed the chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission earlier this month and that Brewer owes the public an apology. The Arizona Supreme Court last week reinstated Colleen Mathis, saying the governor didn't have sufficient cause to remove her.

An online survey asks people to indicate whether they will commit to gathering 100 signatures each. If they get 5,000 people to sign up, CBA will take the next steps toward launching a recall effort against Brewer.

Here is the volunteer page to commit to gather 100 signatures Volunteer – – Citizens for a Better ArizonaCitizens for a Better Arizona.

Randy Parraz and Chad Snow said they will provide an update on their online anti-Brewer sign-up and the anti-Arpaio citizens’ posse on Jan. 8, the day before the next legislative session begins.

The Huffington Post adds, Jan Brewer Recall? Group Explores Removing Arizona Governor:

The move to possibly recall Brewer follows a contentious period in Arizona politics, where the state Supreme Court has rebuffed Brewer's decision to oust Colleen Coyle Mathis, the chairwoman of the state's Independent Redistricting Commission. Brewer had sought to remove Mathis saying that the commission had too many secret meetings and did not follow constitutional guidelines in drafting a map of congressional districts. The court said Brewer did not follow the proper constitutional standards to remove Mathis from office.

Brewer's decision to remove Mathis came after Republican members of the state's congressional delegation discussed the draft map with the governor. The proposal included four Republican-leaning districts, two Democrat-leaning districts and three toss-up districts, and placed Reps. Ben Quayle (R) and David Schweikert (R) in the same district.

Plans are underway to stage a recall against Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) next year, with petitions currently circulating around the state. Petitions in the Walker recall are due back to state officials in January. North Dakota's Lynn Frazier and California's Gray Davis are the only two governors to ever have been recalled from office.

Brewer would be the second Arizona governor to face a recall. Former Gov. Evan Mecham (R) had a recall election scheduled against him in 1988. The Mecham recall was canceled after he was impeached by the state legislature.

Citzens for A Better Arizona's web site says there is a Winter Strategy Meeting on December 10, 2011 and a Founding Convention in 2012. (You guys really need to update the information on your web site).

NOTE: Typically the valid signature rate on petitions is around 60%, so this will require 750,000 signatures to get 432, 021 valid signatures plus a small cushion (450,000).

For those of you doing long-term planning, here are the tentative dates for County Fairs in the Spring 2012:

• La Paz County     March 8-11
• Pinal County      March 14-18
• Yuma County          April 3-8
• Maricopa County April 11-15
• Pima County       April 19-29