Tucson City Council recall, Arizona (2010)

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Tucson Mayor and City Council recall
Officeholders
Bob Walkup Karin Uhlich Regina Romero
Recall status
Did not go to a vote
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Recall overview Political recall efforts, 2010 Recalls in Arizona Arizona recall laws City council recalls Mayoral recalls Recall reports

Recall efforts against Tucson City Mayor Bob Walkup and council members Karin Uhlich and Regina Romero were initiated in January 2010 by local real estate developer Humberto Lopez. The recall efforts were abandoned in February 2011.

Background

Within weeks of the time the recall was announced, recall leader Lopez said he was inclined to abandon the effort. This change-of-heart came about after Lopez heard Walkup's "State of the City" talk which, to his ears, signaled a new effort on the part of Mayor Walkup to engage in business-friendly practices including consistent inspections from Development Services, reforming Tucson's land-use code, annexation of the Catalina Foothills and consolidation of local governments. In early February, Lopez was still considering his options about moving forward, noting that he had met with Walkup several times in recent days and that annexation and ward expansion were key parts of their discussions. The recall effort, had it gone forward, would have been the first recall in Tucson since 1976, when voters turned four council members out of office.

Reasons for recall

Recall supporters said that there was no single reason motivating them to want Walkup and others out of office. According to Lopez, Tucson's recovery "starts with replacing those nice people on the Tucson City Council with smarter, more focused, more effective policymakers." Lopez cited management controversies and city budget issues as some of the reasons behind the recall: "There is no single one thing people are upset about, and there is no single effort behind this. But the city didn't move in the right direction, and no one is accepting responsibility for that. There has just been no leadership," said Lopez.

Path to the ballot

Recall supporters would have had 120 days to collect the required signatures, between 14,000 and 18,000 signatures depending on the ward, to force a recall election.

See also

• Recall campaigns in Arizona
• Political recall efforts, 2010
• Laws governing recall in Arizona

External links

• City of Tucson official website
• Tucson City Council and Mayor
• Recall affidavit - Council member Karen Ulrich
• Recall affidavit - Mayor Bob Walkup
• Recall affidavit - Council member Regina Romero