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Eddie Kabacinski recall, Warren, Michigan (2021)
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An effort to recall City Councilman Eddie Kabacinski did not qualify for the ballot in Warren, Michigan. According to the Macomb County Election Department, organizers did not submit petitions by the deadline.[1]
Recall supporters
Kabacinski was the subject of two separate recall efforts in 2021. Former Warren City Councilman Robert Boccomino led one effort. The campaign focused on Kabacinski's vote in November 2020 against settling a lawsuit between the city and Pinebrook Warren LLC, which sought medical marijuana dispensary licenses.[2][3]
The first recall was endorsed by the Southeast Michigan Chamber of Commerce. CEO John Johnson said that Kabacinski cost the city jobs and revenue by delaying the introduction of medical marijuana dispensaries to Warren.[2][3]
Bridget Quinn, a member of the South Warren Alliance for Radical Movement, filed the second recall petition. The second petition referenced two incidents involving Kabacinski in 2020. In October of that year, Kabacinski allegedly impersonated a police officer, handcuffing a woman whom he said had put Black Lives Matter stickers on a Trump sign at a demonstration in Eastpoint. The petition also criticized Kabacinski for standing with counterprotesters at a September 2020 march. The march supported a Black family whose house was vandalized after they displayed a Black Lives Matter sign.[2][3]
Path to the ballot
- See also: Laws governing recall in Michigan
The first recall petition, centering around medical marijuana licenses, was approved for circulation in January 2021. Organizers were required to collect nearly 2,000 signatures. The deadline to place a recall question on the August primary ballot passed April 27.[2]
According to the Macomb County Election Department, organizers did not submit petitions by the deadline.[1]
In January 2021, the Macomb County Election Department rejected the second recall petition, which centered around Kabacinsk's alleged behavior at two demonstrations in 2020.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ballotpedia Staff, "Email communication with Goce Nedanovski of the Macomb County Election Department," July 26, 2021
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 C&G News, "Hearing delayed for councilman accused of handcuffing woman," March 5, 2021
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Detroit Free Press, "Wording OK'd on 1 of 2 recall petitions for controversial Warren councilman," January 20, 2021
