Teabagger Fail: Tucson Recall Called Off

Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The teabaggers are only effective so long as they have their corporate sponsors' money behind them. When the corporate sponsors pull their money, the teabaggers fail. Teabaggers should be called "tools" for the corporatists whom they unwittingly serve against their own economic best interests.

Case in point: Humberto Lopez (HSL Properties), the corporate sponsor of the effort to recall the mayor of Tucson and two council members out of spite because he did not get his hotel deal in downtown Tucson, has decided to call it off. Bid to recall Tucson's mayor, 2 on council has fizzled out:

The recall against Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup and two City Council members is all but over. Humberto Lopez, the chairman of the effort, said he will file termination papers in the next few days.

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Members of the Tucson Tea Party, who had partnered with Lopez, had been making plans to ease Lopez out as chairman and continue the drive with a new leader. Leaders of the group said they were disappointed but would let the issue drop. A recent survey of Tea Party members showed more than 60 percent of respondents felt the recall should not be called off for any reason.

"We're more hard-core about it, so we're disappointed," said organizer Robert Mayer, who added that the group had 3,000 signatures on hand. "Obviously, we don't feel that substantial changes have come about, so of course we'd like to keep it going."

Mayer acknowledged that part of the problem was the unhappy marriage of two very different factions. "We're focused on the grass-roots kind of thing, while he's been hearing from a lot of people who have been around the block for a long time and are perfectly content with the status quo."

So much misdirected anger.

The earlier recall effort against Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson also failed last month due to a lack of interest.