From the Styx by Peggy Tibbetts

Well. Yeah. That would involve actually studying 8 pages of State Statutes containing lots of the really tiny state-statutes-font reserved for fine print. And we all know what Mayor Moore thinks about those pesky rules and laws.

The thing is, Tod and I did study those 8 pages of State Statutes regarding recall and petitions. We followed them to the letter. So there’s nothing to protest anyway.

The Recall made the front page in The Paper. Here’s the latest from the entertainment stack:

Silt mayor: bring on the recall
Moore isn’t trying to block petition to start the recall process against him
By Heidi Rice

SILT – Mayor Dave Moore isn’t worried about the recall petition filed against him and submitted to Silt Town Hall on Friday morning, even though it contained more than the required number of signatures.

A total of 111 valid signatures by registered voters are needed to proceed with the recall process to remove Moore from office. Friday was the deadline to turn in the petition, which contained 128 signatures. The petition was taken out about two months ago, spearheaded by Mayor Pro Tem Tod Tibbetts and a recall committee.

“I’m not surprised that they turned in the petition,” Moore said when he heard the news. “I’m only surprised that they didn’t file it sooner.”

The recall petition is based on accusations that Moore, who was elected as mayor in April 2006, has violated a number of state statutes, town ordinances and code of ethics, which he denies.

“I think their reasonings for the recall are baseless and unfounded,” Moore said. “I really don’t know what I’m being recalled for. At the worst, it’s procedural.”

But Tibbetts maintains that Moore has broken the rules.

“We’re the ones who make the rules and we should follow the rules,” Tibbetts has said. “Our primary responsibility is to follow the rules that are on the books.”

Tibbetts alleges that Moore has violated a number of town ordinances and code of ethics, including how he conducts a town board meeting and letting citizens speak longer than the allotted time, inappropriate dealings with town staff, conduct regarding opposition to the Stillwater Ranch Metropolitan District and failure to obtain a fence permit or street closure permit with respect to his Centre Town Homes development in Silt.

“He lives by his own set of rules and does what he feels is best without regard for the town,” Tibbetts wrote in a guest column for the Post Independent … 

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