Tamarac commissioner can resign or face recall election

Patricia Atkins-Grad faces recall election if she doesn't resign

TAMARAC, Fla. ā€“ Tamarac Commissioner Patricia Atkins-Grad has five days to resign after the Supervisor of Elections office verified a recall effort against her.

If she doesn't resign, an election will be held asking voters in her district whether they want to recall her.

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"The sweat, sunburn, time and exercise will be worth the effort once we have honest and effective leadership in the District Two Commissioner's chair again," said volunteer Walter Morris. Ā 

In Dec. 2012, jurors acquitted Atkins-Grad of accepting bribes from two real estate developers in exchange for her vote on a housing project. Her attorney said she was politically naive.


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