From the group seeking the recall of St. Louis Mayor Francis Slay:

On Sunday, the Citizens to Recall Francis G. Slay held a dinner ceremony at the Gateway Classic Foundation to celebrate reaching their first milestone – obtaining over 10,000 signatures – in the campaign to have 43,000 signatures by the September deadline for placing the recall initiative on the ballot.

At the ceremony, over 100 certificates were passed out to the various volunteers, who have been going door-to-door canvassing wards for signatures every Saturday for the past four months, and who, despite the inclement weather, worked the polls gathering signatures during the Feb. 5th primary.

At Sunday’s ceremony, Zaki Baruti, the Chairman of the Recall Committee, stated to the packed room: “We are right now the largest all-volunteer army in St. Louis politics. In just the past four months we have gathered more signatures than were gathered over a year’s time for the audit of the city, and more than have ever been gathered for a recall in the city. We are truly making history.”

After receiving a special award for his efforts in organizing the recall campaign, Mr. Baruti set forth the groups’ next milestone: 20,000 signatures by April 4, 2008 – the forty-year anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

For more information, please contact Zaki Baruti at (314) 726-3442 or Rev. Douglas Parham at 852-2336.