Official recall papers were filed today for Mayor James Knowles of Ferguson. Those filing now have 60 days to get enough signatures to force the recall. They left little to the imagination in their statement announcing the effort:
We cannot describe how disgusted we are with you.
Perhaps Knowles is prescient. Just hours ago NBC reported that Knowles said "There's ways for them to remove me if they so choose."
The mayor of Ferguson, Missouri, said Friday that he has no plans to join the cascade of top local officials stepping down in the aftermath of a scathing federal report alleging racially biased policing.
In an interview with Nightly News anchor Lester Holt, Mayor James Knowles III said that the resignations or firings of six city officials implicated in the scandal have given the troubled city the clean slate it needs to begin the reforming itself. Some in the community have demanded a recall election.
"There's ways for them to remove me if they so choose. But right now this community needs leadership," Knowles said. "This community needs someone who is going to stay around and work toward bringing us together, moving us forward. And I've committed to doing that. And so has the rest of the city council."