[Carry_Okie]

As you may have heard, Martin resigned from the Anaheim Union High School District board of trustees last week in the face of a recall effort. The recall was largely driven by community activists who have long hated Martin – "hate" is not too strong a word – for his stands against illegal immigration.

One wonders why he didn't stick out the recall. He may have more friends than he realizes.

[AuntB]

The public badgering can be pretty intense sometimes, Carry.

[John Jorsett]

One wonders why he didn't stick out the recall. He may have more friends than he realizes.

The way the recall works in this case is that he's already out; just getting the signatures is enough to vacate the office. To get back in, he'd have to run for the seat in the ensuing election. Martin said he wanted to spare the district the expense of that election and let them appoint a successor.

If I were someone of like mind to Martin, I'd consider a recall effort against any board member who was pro-illegal. If I remember, it only take 2500 signatures or so. May as well run the same game on them.

[rockrr]

Did you check out the comments at the linked story? It supports your contention (in spirit at least), but look at what the story said:

"In any event, Martin lost his re-election bid in 2002, and lost again in another board election last November, coming in seventh out of eight candidates. Nevertheless, he was appointed to fill a vacant seat in July – "Anaheim Union School Board Appoints Former Trustee Who Wanted to Bill Mexico," the Register headline said – which immediately touched off the recall effort that led to Martin's resignation."

It looks as though a concerted effort, aided by the local media, set out to run him out of office - and succeeded.

At any rate, I would have stuck it out, if only to vex the true racists in the community...

[359Henrie]

He explained on radio, that he was already removed, legal mumble mumble for 5 minutes. He saved the district about $150,000 by his actions. Would a lib do the same?