Athens, Georgia, Mayor Kelly Girtz (D) is fighting a local recall effort against him after the murder of 22-year-old Laken Riley in February. Following Riley’s murder, Girtz defended sanctuary city policies in private emails.
A report from the Athens Banner-Herald details Girtz’s seeking to slow down a recall effort against him by local activists. The recall comes in the wake of Riley’s death, which rocked the nation when Jose Antonio Ibarra, an illegal alien from Venezuela, was arrested and charged with murdering her on the University of Georgia (UGA) campus on Feb. 22.
The Athens Banner-Herald reports:
Athens-Clarke County Mayor Kelly Girtz is asking the county’s Superior Court to order the suspension of a recall effort against him until the court reviews the proceedings thus far in the initiative. [Emphasis added]
In a petition filed Wednesday, Girtz asks that the…
