The Phil Gordon Recall - Thanks ACU!

Phil Gordon may take a sigh of relief with the knowledge that the petitions for his recall are due in the City Clerks office on August 28th. I would publicly like to thank American Citizens United for organizing the recall drive. They acted on what many Phoenicians were just dreaming about, and for that they are due a special thanks.

Without knowing when, what, who, where, and how many signatures where collected, I can only say, if you signed the petition, you are a friend of Phoenix. One thing this recall should have revealed to Phoenix residents is the true nature of Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon. Soliciting city employees to campaign for his re-election but preventing them from exercising their political right to sign the petition was a great example of just how little he intended to serve Phoenix as mayor. Rather, Phoenix is his step stool.

Recall Phil Gordon Petitions - Ready to Sign

Many have inquired how to sign the petitions to recall Phil Gordon. Here is an update on how to sign and/or volunteer to circulate petitions. Also, you must be a Phoenix resident to sign the petition, but you do not have to be a Phoenix resident to volunteer to circulate. ACU website: www.recallmayorgordon.com

News from ACU

We've obtained the recall petitions from our printer earlier this evening and they are now ready to be circulated and signed. We've posted on our website up coming locations for May 4th, May 6th and May 8th. More locations and times will be added as we get more volunteers to circulate the petitions. In addition to dedicated locations, petition circulators will also be canvassing different parts of the city and special events.


Sunday, May 4th from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm at the Mesquite Library Branch located 4525 Paradise Village Pkwy N (at Paradise Valley Mall). Please immediately go to the meeting room located on the left as you walk in. You may either sign the petition there or volunteer to become a petition circulator.

Tuesday, May 6th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Juniper Library Branch located at 1825 W Union Hills Dr. Please go to the meeting room. It’s located immediately past the information desk and across from the restrooms. You may either sign the petition there or volunteer to become a petition circulator.

Thursday, May 8th from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm at the Juniper Library Branch located at 1825 W Union Hills Dr. Please go to the meeting room. It’s located immediately past the information desk and across from the restrooms. You may either sign the petition there or volunteer to become a petition circulator.

Recall Phil Gordon-Redux

Like Troy Hayden of Fox 10, media types may be tempted to reflect on the recall of Phil Gordon in a sympathetic tone. It's not his fault that Phoenix has an illegal immigration problem. He doesn't have authority to deal with immigration issues, they could say.

Well not exactly.

Mayor Gordon didn't have authority to change Op Order 1.4 which he admitted, but he put on a charade and hired a panel to affect changes anyway. Mayor Gordon doesn't have authority over the county sheriff, but nothing stopped him from publicly excoriating the sheriff and calling him and the rest of Phoenix racists.

Mayor Gordon may not have authority to arrest illegal immigrants personally, but no one made him send a letter to the U.S. Attorney General complaining that the only elected official who had such authority was in fact arresting illegals.

Actually, he did have authority to mediate complaints by local business owners about loitering, littering, and the public nuisance in front of their stores caused by illegal immigrant day workers. No one made him renege his agreement with Pruitts Furniture to help resolve that problem.

He's had mucho opportunity to advance the best interests of legal residents in Phoenix regarding illegal immigration, and he refused them all. The city is in shambles with trash, gangs, violence and dangerous roads, but anytime anyone does anything about it, he leads with the racist, white supremacy rhetoric.

It's too late for sympathy, someone should have pulled him aside a long time ago and explained to him the ABC's of being a mayor.

Recall Phil Gordon

The recall effort was announced in a press conference today on the steps of the Arizona State capital building. What a beautiful day! It's ironic that voter turn-out has been so low. Twenty-five percent of the total vote of the last election is needed, so only 23,751 valid signatures are needed. In response, Phil Gordon is turning up the bravado and states he will triumph. Well, what about us? We haven't triumphed...over gangs, ID theft, auto thefts, DUIs and hit and runs. Mayor Phil Gordon has shown so little interest in the welfare of the residents of Phoenix it's criminal. He has promoted the good of special interests exclusively. He'll never understand his commitment to the legal residents of Phoenix. Finally, the colors of his true stripes. I think there will be more signatures for his recall than for his election.

Phil Gordon On His Way Out

Phil Gordon has pulled a lot of stunts in the last three years trying to shift the blame for city's sanctuary policy. Only recently has he written the U.S. Attorney General decrying Sheriff Joe for upholding state and federal illegal immigration laws. However, the biggest parade was in 2007 when he pretended to investigate Police Operations Order 1.4. Gordon never had authority to direct subordinates of the City Manager to do anything. Needless to say, upon threat of a recall and an investigation by Judicial Watch. Gordon offered up a four-man panel staffed by four of his sympathizers to look into Operations Order 1.4. Needless to say, little came of it. Crime is way up in Phoenix. Gordon is still hissing all over town about being upstaged by the county Sheriff, and the residents of Phoenix are embarrassed and fixin' to send him back to Texas. They'll know what to do with him there.


Now with the fortune of a recall petition underway, the whiny mayor will fight this tooth and nail. And when he exhausts his LaRaza talking points he'll start calling us racists again. How would you like a mayor who regularly called you a racist? Who wants a job governing a town full of racists? Obviously, he doesn't.

Recall Petition For Phil Gordon

If you still want Gordon recalled, you got your wish. A petition recall of Phil Gordon was just announced. A press conference is set for Thursday, 9 am. There aren't a lot of details yet. Check out American Citizens United for more contact information.

Who: American Citizens United

Where: City Hall, 200 W. Washington St, Phoenix

When: Thursday May 1, 2008, 9:00AM

Stay tuned here for updates.

Mayor Phil Gordon Changes His Tune: Was He Telling the Truth In the First Place?

A gesture which was needed several years ago is still a non-issue because Gordon has not really done anything yet but talk about illegal immigration and Phoenix Op Order 1.4.3. Furthermore, it remains to be seen, what real change will come from his "panel" of friends. I agree with County Attorney Thomas, why is a panel needed to decide this issue? It ceases to amaze me what a big deal Gordon makes of his own selfish agenda.

Not two months ago, after a press conference with the Phoenix police union, Gordon declared he had no control over Phoenix Op Order 1.4.3. He verified that it was up to the Police Chief and he was not supposed to have any say in the matter. At that time, Gordon stood by the order and basically inferred we were racists to want to change it.

Gordon is untrustworthy at best. It would be a great disservice to the state of Arizona were he to pursue another elected position. All of his wrangling and manipulation suggests that he thinks Phoenix residents are mindless and forgetful stooges. Most definitely, we are not.

Not only that, but this week's latest propaganda attempt via the "Project for Arizona's Future" or better, the "Project for Phil Gordon's Future," adds to the general insult, reiterating the police chief's parroted point of view: "We believe it is inappropriate to shift the burden of this societal issue from the federal government onto the back of local law enforcement."

Now, enter the threat of a career-maiming law suit from Judicial Watch and Gordon sings a couple of octaves higher. He continues his shameless blame-fest against the federal government while trying to backpedal his way upstream to the governors office. Per his new edict, "the federal government is unable to complete what they should be doing, and I as mayor cannot allow the situation, the status quo, to stay the same and risk public safety."

Of all his blundering, transparently self-serving, politically-motivated, conspicuously egregious ploys, this takes the cake!