After Yakima City Councilmember Jason White made a series of Facebook posts denouncing COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, community members attempted to have him recalled. | Yakima City Councilmember Jason White Facebook
After Yakima City Councilmember Jason White made a series of Facebook posts denouncing COVID-19 restrictions and lockdowns, community members attempted to have him recalled. | Yakima City Councilmember Jason White Facebook
The Washington Supreme Court has ruled unanimously against an attempt to recall Yakima City Council member Jason White, reaffirming a lower court ruling indicating that his failure to attend meetings is not a sufficient cause for a recall.
The court ruled that White having missed 17 council meetings this year did not impede the functioning of government,according to coverage by the Wenatchee World.
“The failure to attend council meetings could be the basis for recall if it prevented an official council meeting from occurring or, perhaps, had some other ascertainable consequence for the city’s business,” the Wenatchee World quoted from the court’s opinion. “But after considerable probing from the trial judge, the petitioner was unable to identify any consequence of Council member White’s failure to appear.”
Community members who attempted to bring the recall had ultimately been reacting to White’s Facebook posts against the state’s COVID-19 lockdown, as well as his encouraging people to not wear masks in public, according to the Wenatchee World.
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