Zenger News tracked one new recall effort against local officials in Texas from July 10-16, bringing the yearly statewide total to five efforts against 10 officials. The most recent effort is:
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Jose Segarra and Ramon Alvarez recall, Killeen, Texas (2023): City Councilmen Ramon Alvarez and Jose Segarra.
- A recall petition against Alvarez and Segarra was filed in response to the passage of Proposition A in 2022, which decriminalized marijuana possession under four ounces. The petition reads in part, “Officials not only allowed a proposition inconsistent with the Constitution and laws prescribed by the Legislature of the State to be offered to the electorate for consideration, but they also canvassed and adopted the proposition into ordinance, in direct violation of the Constitution of the state, applicable state laws, and City Charter provisions.”
- In response to the recall effort, Alvarez said, “We had an election for Proposition A, an ordinance that was brought forth by a private organization — legally. It went to the voters, not by choice of the council. It was their right to take it to the ballot when we turned it down.” Segarra could not be reached for comment.
