Cave Creek City Council recall, Arizona (2014)

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Cave Creek Mayor and City Council recall

Officeholders
Adam Trenk
Mike Durkin
Reg Monachino
Charles Spitzer
Recall status
Recall approved
Recall election date
November 4, 2014
See also
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An effort to recall Vice Mayor Adam Trenk and councilmen Mike Durkin, Reg Monachino and Charles Spitzer in Cave Creek, Arizona from their positions was launched in 2014.[1] The recall was initially ruled invalid by a judge before it could go to a vote.[2] The recall election took place by mail-in ballot on March 10 .[3] All four officials were successfully recalled.[4]

## Contents

* 1 Recall proponent arguments
* 2 Path to the ballot
* 3 See also
* 4 Footnotes

## Recall proponent arguments[edit]

The petitions circulated by recall proponents charged the targeted officials with "fiscal irresponsibility, material misrepresentation to the public in the 2013 election, and lack of transparency with regard [to] the operation of town government."[1]

## Path to the ballot[edit]

See also: Laws governing recall in Arizona

On May 27, 2014, Cave Creek Town Clerk Carrie Dyrek verified that enough valid signatures had been submitted to trigger a recall election for all four targeted officials. The election was initially scheduled for November 4, 2014.[1] On June 20, 2014, a judge ruled that certain recall petitions were not worded properly and thus invalidated too many signatures for the recall to move forward.[2]

## See also[edit]

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* Recall campaigns in Arizona
* Political recall efforts, 2014
* City council recalls

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sonoran News, "Recall on for all four slate councilmen," May 28, 2014
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 azcentral.com, "Judge tosses Cave Creek recall effort," June 20, 2014
3. ↑ The Foothils Focus, "Cave Creek special mail-in election moving forward," January 14, 2015
4. ↑ AZ Central, "Cave Creek council members losing in recall election," March 11, 2015

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