A group of northern Colorado Springs residents turned in a stack of signed petition forms Monday afternoon in an attempt to recall City Councilmember Tom Bailey.
Timothy Lewin, Paul Carson and Laura Wilkey were the main organizers who dropped off the packets at the City Clerk’s office. Lewin said the group had gathered “just under” 2,000 signatures in support of the recall and had only used unpaid, volunteer signature gatherers for the effort.
Bailey, a retired Air Force Colonel and former educator at the Air Force Academy, was elected to the City Council in April. Bailey ran for the District 2 council seat largely unopposed after the other candidate suspended his campaign early in the race…