By John Celock
A fringe Democratic activist in Arizona, with a history of launching recalls against Republican officeholders, has decided to launch a long-shot recall campaign against Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R), pushed to act after the governor's confrontation with President Obama on a Phoenix tarmac last month.
Leonard Clark, a former music teacher, filed paperwork last week with Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett (R) to circulate petitions statewide to place a referendum recalling Brewer on the November ballot. Clark primarily cites Brewer's proposed changes to the state's personnel system in his recall, but said the Obama incident helped finalize his decision to file.
"The whole finger wagging incident crystalized it," Clark said. "She is embarrassing our state."
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