The Committee to Recall Mayor Paul Coogan stands by its affidavit to begin the recall process, despite Corporation Counsel Alan Rumsey giving the opinion that the petitioners’ affidavit was “invalid.”

The committee, driven by the unified goal of ousting Coogan from the sixth floor of Government Center, posted to Facebook the evening of May 4 to allege that “our affidavit was submitted correctly.”

Furthermore, “We are concerned that the city has shared information with the local media before informing us. The mayor and his corporation counsel have formally colluded and objected to the recall moving forward,” the group said in the online statement.

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