Official Weiss Recall Release - City Clerk to Protect Voters

The Recall Proponents have asked City Clerk Frank Martinez to strike lies printed in Jack Weiss’s response to the recall effort. Weiss’s recall response, a signed affidavit by Steve Tufts, contains demonstrably untrue statements about “public money” and “public oversight.”

The letter submitted to Martinez, which is posted on the recall web site (www.RecallJackWeiss.Com) states:

“Mr. Martinez, voters have a right to see FACTS when making their decision. That is why there is an affidavit which states ‘I hereby declare that all of the facts contained in the Answer against the recall of Jack Weiss, Los Angeles City Councilmember, Fifth District, are true.’

Please remove these false and misleading statements to ensure that voters are not deceived.”

The Committee to Recall Jack Weiss expects that the City Clerk will do the right thing and make Weiss retract the false statements made on his behalf.

“This a moral issue,” says Recall Proponent Steve Twining, “If we allow this to go uncontested then it erodes the very foundation of our political system.” Regarding the issue, the Committee to Recall Jack Weiss issued the following statements to members of the press:

“If Jack Weiss has to lie to voters to save his job, then he clearly doesn’t deserve to have it.”

“If anyone has any doubts about Weiss’s relationship to developers and their lobbyists, they need only go to the City Ethics website and see how much money these people have contributed to Weiss.”

“Just because the truth is damaging doesn’t mean it is okay for the Councilman to lie to his constituents. In allowing others to lie to defend him, Jack Weiss has provided yet another reason he does not belong in office.”