Fact Check: Citizen threatens to start recall of Galesburg City Council member. Is that possible?
At the Monday, May 22 Galesburg City Council work session, a resident of Galesburg's Fifth Ward threatened to start a recall petition to remove her...
At the Monday, May 22 Galesburg City Council work session, a resident of Galesburg's Fifth Ward threatened to start a recall petition to remove her representative — Fifth Ward alderperson Heather Acerra — for proposing to limit individual Public Comment time at city meetings. The resident said she agreed with a compromise to go from 5 to 3 minutes for public comment, but lowering the time to 2 minutes would 'stifle the voice of the American people.' She went on to say she researched the procedure to recall a city council member and noted there are 'steps I can take to start the process.