A Caldwell recall effort ends as organizers fail to submit signatures by deadline
A months-long effort to recall Caldwell's mayor and four city council members ended Monday when organizers failed to submit petition signatures by the required deadline, with the recall leader citing concerns about protecting supporters from harassment. Jim Hollis, who spearheaded the recall campaign targeting Mayor Jarom Wagoner and council members Brad Doty, Geoff Williams, Chris Allgood, and Mike Dittenber, told KTVB that organizers deliberately chose not to turn in signatures to the elections office. "We have been very successful. We have educated the voting public in Caldwell, and we've allowed the city government to expose their non transparency," Hollis said in a statement. When asked why recall organizers did not submit any signatures by Monday's deadline, Hollis explained his reasoning for the decision. "To protect the people that signed from the kind of harassment that all of us doing this recall have received," he said....