Campaign statement ·
Residents deserve accurate information.
A former officeholder has posted about our recall effort. Residents deserve accurate information.
Five registered McKinney voters filed the affidavit required by the McKinney City Charter. When the City raised a question about one affiant’s voter registration, the committee replaced that affiant with another registered McKinney voter and resubmitted the affidavit. The City Secretary reviewed the corrected filing, accepted it in writing, and issued the official petition papers. The requirement is 5,805 valid signatures from registered McKinney voters by September 26.
The affidavit states one ground:
“A loss of public confidence in the ability of the officers named herein to faithfully represent the citizens of the City of McKinney.”
That loss of confidence concerns a broader record of representation, spending, infrastructure, transparency, and responsiveness. It is not a religious grievance, and this campaign will accept no religious hostility. Muslim residents possess the same constitutional rights as every other American. The approved mosque site plan remains approved, and this recall does not ask the City to discriminate against anyone or disregard land-use law.
Recall petitions submitted to the City are governed by applicable public-records law. The committee will comply with the law and safeguard petition papers while they are in its custody. But there is a profound difference between lawful public access to a government record and invoking residents’ home addresses while warning them to “own” their decision and face “the consequences.” A public record is not a license for political intimidation.
Signing a recall petition is a lawful act of civic participation expressly protected by the City Charter. McKinney voters do not need to be warned about accountability. They are the ones demanding it.
We invite every resident to read the filed affidavit, examine the public record, and make an independent decision.