Hornat & Snider certainly have a right to fight their potential recall. However, that does not include, lies, deceit & intimidation.
Here is a firsthand view of what happened at the Oro Valley Library on Sat. June 11. We should note,Joe Hornat’s supporters showed up at the library the prior two Saturdays, and attempted to intimidate the volunteers trying to get signatures of OV voters on the recall petitions.
It only got worse on June 11.
As they did the two weeks earlier, those trying to get signatures showed up before 9:00AM only to find Hornat’s people already there.
There were 8-10 people from his "team" at all times. They took the place alongside the main entrance with their table, which blocked the view of the volunteers. When Joe was asked to share, he said, "First come, first served....you get what is left!"
Those folks trying to get signatures positioned themselves to the left side as you face the library not in front of the book chutes but towards that area. The librarian had come out last week and lectured them on crossing the dividing line in the cement and getting in front of the doorway, which they didn't do. Hornat’s group milled around, never sat down and covered the entire entrance; some even went inside chasing after people to talk to them.
Two guys stood by the main pillar trying to pass out stuff. Two of the women were recognized as being part of the "disgruntled housewives" of Oro Valley from two weeks ago. They milled around shoving leaflets in peoples' faces. When someone would come to ‘our’ table, one would run over and shove a leaflet in his/her face and say loudly, "Read this first!" That is how we got a leaflet of the two lies. The first one says "Joe Hornat is responsible for bringing 500 jobs to Oro Valley.” What 500 jobs? The second statement says, "This recall election will cost the taxpayers $70,000,” but our brochure corrects that as there is only a minimal cost during a regular election for a Recall. How do they get away with lies?
Does this always happen at recall petition signings? Or is this Joe's brand of Chicago Politics he brought with him? We weren't near the building. We weren't blocking the entrance to the book return chutes, but the other gang had the whole front entrance filled up with their people to prevent access to our tables...they had to come around by the chutes to sign---and quite a few did---maybe not as many as would without the intimidation.
Joe Hornat Has Brought His “Hometown” Chicago Politics To Oro Valley
