Back in July, Unite Norman – a bipartisan group of conservative partisans – announced they were launching a petition drive to free Norman from the oppressive reign of Communist-Antifa-AOC mayor Breea Clark, and four other democratically-elected councilmembers, via recall elections.
The group came out of the gate hot, tossing bricks and making bold claims, promising they would hold "radical politicians" like Mayor Clark accountable for doing tyrannical things like, uhm, implementing public health and safety measures during a global pandemic or making reasonable changes to the police budget or listening to all of her constituents, and not just the rich ones with penises.
This is what Russell Smith, one of the group's angry co-leaders had to say at the time:
“We think that the city council legislates their own agendas based on national trends that are radical... We have pure insanity on the council right now and the mayor’s office. What city do we live in right now? It feels like New York City or LA.”
Well, I guess most people in Norman want to continue to feel like they live in a coastal megapolis. Earlier this week, the clerk's office officially announced Unite Norman's effort to further divide Norman through a contentious recall election didn't gather enough signatures.