Campaign suffers credibility

To the editor,

While not diminishing citizens’ rights to recall elected officials, I believe that the campaign to remove Gearhart’s Mayor Dianne Widdop suffers serious credibility.

The reasons for my low regard include: 1) petitioners’ apparent disinterest in conciliating their dispute prior to launching a divisive crusade; 2) their focus on highly disputable accusations at the expense of relevant confirmed facts; 3) their senseless derogations of character and warnings of political intimidation; and 4) their disinclination to give the mayor even a modicum of credit for her 20-year record of selfless work to preserve, enhance and protect our little city by the sea.

John Dudley

Gearhart