Wurster is "kiss of death" for Adams Recall 2.0
So says prominent real estate tycoon Joe Weston, a supporter of Recall 1.0, who says he won't be helping with the rerun. Indeed, so far the only person identified with the supposedly imminent second round of recall signature gathering is the same guy who ran the first round. Pop some popcorn for the show, but don't expect anything real to happen. It's a college term paper at best.
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Comments (8)
Sad.
Posted by David E Gilmore | October 8, 2009 7:07 AM
My impression of Wurster was that he was unwilling and unable to take constructive criticism, so this observation seems spot-on to me.
Posted by mj | October 8, 2009 8:28 AM
Now I really AM wondering if Wurster hasn't been secretly doing Adams' bidding all along.
Posted by George Anonymuncule Seldes | October 8, 2009 9:48 AM
Very uncharitable commentary by Mr Weston.
He should know, as a businessperson, how to phrase such thoughts more gracefully.
Eg, "we are not all perfect, and a second recall needs a different managerial skill set." (Oh, and some actual cash).
Even under Jasun's stewardship, this would have happened this time around, if we had had another 30 days. It's very difficult to get volunteers to be effective, as anyone with experience in a volunteer enterprise will tell you. It takes a certain type of person, and several of such people, to mobilize hundreds of people to donate their free time effectively.
It also takes a significant amount of time for volunteers to build their kinship to a critical mass. Through Mr Weston's generous donation of office space, we were able to forge personal connections and have "face time" amongst volunteers. Unfortunately, we didn't get the office until 30+ days into the campaign.
Posted by gaye harris | October 8, 2009 10:22 AM
Recall fail=inside job.
Posted by conspiracyzach | October 8, 2009 10:22 AM
gaye, I don't think Mr. Weston is known for being particularly diplomatic.
Seems like there's a lot of carping about "why didn't Jasun Wurster do better" from recall supporters. I guess my question to critics is: Why didn't you do more? Complaining is easy. Talk is cheap. Etc etc. Just my 2 cents.
Posted by Snards | October 8, 2009 11:17 AM
Good point. If a few more people would have given up a Saturday to stand on the sidewalk at a shopping center or other crowed venue, this thing would have succeeded.
Posted by Frank | October 9, 2009 3:18 PM
C'mon folks. Give Jasun a break. He ran this campaign fueled with very little but his own passion and belief in justice.
When Obama does it (and wins), it's called hope. When Jasun does it and fails, everyone comes down on him.
I personally didn't do much on the campaign but sign a petition. Though the campaign failed, I'm glad Jasun stuck with it day after day. I think it takes guts to transparently oppose those in power. What more, I'm glad that the campaign tried to defuse the homophobes out there by requiring signature gatherers to not collect signatures for homophobic/socially conservative reasons.
That step alone probably didn't help the collection of signatures, but it was the ethical thing to do. (In fact, it's years ahead of a federal congress that is just now getting around to including sexual orientation as a factor to be considered in hate crimes.)
So, Jasun, thanks for your work. And thanks to everyone who supported the recall! We can wait til the next election in November 2012.
Posted by Thank You | October 9, 2009 9:04 PM