Mayor Refuses To Resign

The embattled mayor of Airway Heights has refused to resign after the town’s City Council voted Monday to strip him of his official duties in the aftermath of a Facebook posting widely perceived as racist. The resolution, passed 5-1 by the council, also levels sanctions against Patrick Rushing. He came under fire last week for comparing President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama to “monkeys.” “I have the same right as every other American,” he said in an earlier interview. “I have the right to say stupid stuff. I said stupid stuff.” Rushing voted against the sanctions and no-confidence resolution regarding his leadership. And he refused to forfeit his $2,000 monthly salary and called Facebook a tool of the devil, saying he’d deactivated his account. “If the people of Airway Heights don’t want me as their mayor, they can recall me,” Rushing said/ Eli Francovich , SR. More here .

Question: Should Airway Heights residents launch a recall action against Rushing?