ANTI-RECALL RESOLUTION
Resolution of the
WHEREAS San Jose City Councilmember Madison Nguyen was elected to the San Jose City Council in September 2005, and re-elected in June 2006, by a clear majority of District 7 voters, having served since her election with honor and integrity, well representing the values of social justice and equal access to government for all citizens long espoused by the Santa Clara County Democratic Party, and never having been accused of any malfeasance or dereliction of the public trust;
WHEREAS City Councilmember Nguyen
now faces a possible recall campaign before the expiration of her term in
office, the stated reasons for which amount to differences of opinion on a
single issue, not malfeasance, and which, if successful, would remove the
popularly elected representative from the San Jose City Council;
AND WHEREAS the Santa Clara County
Democratic Party is keenly aware of the need to reserve the people’s recall
power for true abuses of the public trust, such abuses not being present with
respect to City Councilmember Nguyen;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the
Santa Clara County Democratic Party opposes the recall of City Councilmember
Nguyen;
AND BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that
the Santa Clara County Democratic Party urges all District 7 voters to assist
in the effort to prevent the recall from qualifying and, if qualified, to
strongly oppose its passage.
Submitted
by Clark Williams for consideration at the January 10th, 2008, meeting of the