WELSH — A group of Welsh citizens has started a recall petition in hopes of removing Alderman Jacob Colby Perry for negatively affecting local government by disrupting town business, making unjustified allegations, focusing on meaningless procedural issues and failing to focus on the need of the town.
“It’s not just me, there are a number of us who feel Colby Perry has disrupted city government by making unreasonable demands on city employed,” recall committee chairman Jim Wright said. “He has completely disrupted city government and brought it to a dead halt.”
Perry, who is out of the country on military duty, did not respond to the American Press for a request for comment.
Nine members of the recall committee began circulating a petition Tuesday seeking signatures from registered voters.
Under state law, the group has 180 days from April 12 to collect signatures from at least 33 and one-third, or 695, of the 2,084 registered voters in Welsh to initiate a recall election. Organizers plan to get 700 signatures, Wright said.
In a statement, Wright said the group is seeking to remove Perry from office for failing to live up to his promise to promote cooperation within town government, and instead has been a source of discord, manipulating the media to accuse police and the mayor of wrongdoing, all of it by a product of his imagination.
“He is an obstacle to city government and has not been of any help,” Wright said. “He refuses to accept the word of authorities.”
The committee said Perry should be recalled because:l He has consistently refused to acknowledge that his accusations are unfounded, even when confronted by legal authority.l He has damaged his own reputation, the reputation of the town, its police force, board of aldermen and the town’s administrative employees.l Town employees have been exposed to a barrage of obscene, threatening and accusatory phone calls with a frequency that impairs their ability to manage the affairs of city government.l Groups from outside the community have come here with the intent of disrupting the governmental management and the law enforcement.
He said Perry claims to have sought information from outside legal and accounting sources, but will not name them.
“Jeff Davis Parish has a great opportunity to grow in the next 10 years,” Wright said. “We need good, active government. He is not what we need.”
Persons interested in signing the petitions may contact Wright at 370-1565 and make an appointment to meet or go by his office at 804 East Russell on U.S. 90, or meet with any of the committee members.
A community meeting is being planned to discuss the recall effort.
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