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Vote to recall Hoonah’s mayor appears to have failed

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110 votes for and 172 against a recall of Hoonah Mayor Gerald Byers. The city council still needs to approve the recall. The grounds for the recall were claims that Byers had used an anti-Black slur against a city employee and harassed two Alaska Native elders during a city council meeting.

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Vote to recall Hoonah’s mayor appears to have failed

The city of Hoonah on May 2, 2019 (Photo by David Purdy/KTOO) A vote on whether or not to recall Hoonah Mayor Gerald Byers appears to have failed yesterday. Results of the recall election — 110 votes for and 172 against — still need to be approved by the city council. The city clerk said that could happen on Feb. 7. The grounds for the recall were claims that Byers had used an anti-Black slur against a city employee and harassed two Alaska Nati…

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