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Don Overcash recall, Loveland, Colorado (2022)
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An effort to recall Ward IV City Councilor Don Overcash did not make the ballot in Loveland, Colorado.[1]
For information about a distinct effort to recall Overcash in 2021, please click here.
Recall supporters
A group of local residents calling themselves Lovelanders for an Honest Local Government initiated the recall effort in April 2022.[1] Supporters gave the following grounds for the campaign:[2]
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Councilor Overcash does a poor job representing Citizens of Ward 4 favoring Developers over Residents. Speaks of his constituents using derogatory statements. Overcash is involved in “Text Gate” by violating the Colorado Sunshine Law secretly texting councilors and city staff, holding secret meetings. Overcash voted against a moratorium on new oil and gas permits; pending the City updating its Oil and Gas Rules and Regulations. Overcash voted in favor of every incentive that came before Council over the past six years favoring big business and developers, such as McWhinney and Centerra over the citizens of Loveland pushing to increase city sales tax. Overcash voted in favor of Metro Districts every time one came before Council; increasing property owner’s property taxes and fees. Overcash voted to end phone-in and email public comment from residents into the record at Council Meetings. Overcash voted for an exemption allowing sale of tobacco product too close to a school and against banning sales of flavored vaping products. Overcash voted against a motion allowing Loveland Planning Department and Council to review and approve new oil and gas permits and against convening a panel of experts to testify regarding the pros and cons of fracking in Loveland.[3] |
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Recall opponents
Overcash offered the following comment on the recall to the Loveland Reporter-Herald:[1]
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I’m aware of the recall petition submitted to the city clerk’s office, and recognize that some citizens may not support every decision made by myself, and by the majority of council, and that’s their right. Council was charged with making important decisions on behalf of our community, and I’m committed to staying focused on this important work. I can’t recall very many decisions where I was not voting in the majority, after a lot of work and consideration that goes into the decisions.[3] |
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Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Colorado
For a special recall election to have been scheduled, organizers needed to collect 1,254 valid signatures from Ward IV voters within a 60-day period. That figure represented 25% of votes cast in the previous Ward IV city council election.[2]
The recall campaign ended after organizers failed to turn in signatures by the 60-day deadline.[4]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Loveland Reporter-Herald, "Loveland citizen group launches effort to recall Councilor Don Overcash," April 25, 2022
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Recall Don Overcash, "Join the Effort," accessed May 6, 2022
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
- ↑ Loveland Reporter-Herald, "Recall effort against Loveland City Councilor Don Overcash falls short," July 6, 2022
