McClure (http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=McClure+Ohio&ie=UTF8&ll=41.372944,-83.941212&spn=0.030015,0.061369&z=14&iwloc=addr) residents seeking to rermove Mayor from office over the low level of police protection.


Councilman Paul Gray said the petition drive began over the weekend and seeks to remove Mayor Dean Dawson from office for allegedly abusing his power, coercion, intimidation and misconduct in office.

Reached at his home Tuesday night, the mayor indicated he disagrees with council on the level of police protection needed in McClure. Dawson, who was re-elected to a second term in November, said he would release a statement, but that statement was not available this morning.


Crescent News Story (http://www.crescent-news.com/news/article/3605482)

Supporters of the effort to remove the mayor say they can’t understand why anyone wouldn’t want extra police protection at $2 per year.
“He refused to give us a reason,” first-year Councilman Paul Gray said. “He said, ‘I’m the mayor and that’s it.’ The man has abused his power, his authority.”


Toledo Blade (http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080408/NEWS17/611470180)