EDITORIAL - So it’s official, the papers have been filed for a recall of Madera Mayor Andy Medellin. Next step is for the organizers to gather signatures of 3600 Madera voters who agree with them. Then, the most challenging step - convince a majority of the electorate that the Madera mayor needs to be removed from office to pay for the decisions of the entire city council. And who is going to convince the voters of this? The same group of folks that was not able to get a bond on the ballot to support the local animal shelter or to push for term limits for the Madera County Board of Supervisors?
There are questions to be asked and answered here right up front. The first of which is why this recall effort is focused on one member of the Madera City Council when the entire council is responsible for any decisions. Is it possible that the organizers of the recall do not understand what form of government the city of Madera operates under?