BROOKVILLE MAYORAL RECALL

IN SOUTHWEST OHIO, AN EFFORT TO RECALL A COMMUNITY MAYOR AND VICE MAYOR HAS FAILED. O-N-N'S JAY FOX HAS DETAILS...
((ALMOST $16,000)) :35 BROOKVILLE MAYORAL RECALL1
IN BROOKVILLE, NORTHWEST OF DAYTON, BOTH THE MAYOR AND THE VICE MAYOR WILL KEEP THEIR JOBS AFTER VOTERS REJECTED A PETITION TO RECALL THEM IN TUESDAY'S SPECIAL ELECTION. VOTER TURNOUT WAS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN IN THE NOVEMBER GENERAL ELECTION. THE DAYTON DAILY NEWS REPORTS THAT 779 BALLOTS WERE CAST TUESDAY COMPARED TO OVER 3,300 LAST NOVEMBER. THE GROUP BROOKVILLE CITIZENS FOR KEEP IT RURAL FORCED THE RECALL INITIATIVE BECAUSE THEY OPPOSE ANNEXATIONS, LAND USE PLANS AND FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE TOWN. THE SPECIAL ELECTION COST THE CITY ALMOST $16,000.