The recall debacle is nothing more than grandstanding. The County, and that means the citizens, will have to pay for the recall election. This is the easiest sale for the good folks against the recall, something a second rate bails bondsman will never understand. Talk about wasteful spending: flushing money down the drain and then in the same breath cry about supposed wasteful spending. They might get a recall vote with some shenanigans, but Stanly won't vote the board members out. Burr and Poole hate the idea of tax dollars going to public education and that is far too easy to expose. Get a couple of drinks in Gene and he will tell you the same exact thing.
The recall snafu is merely a distraction. While they try to be Merlin with their magical hat, they talk under the breath about how stupid the citizens of Stanly are.
Gene would love to appoint his own school board members. I'm sure the committee of three for making that decision is Burr, Gene, and Poole. People elect these guys periodically but they won't trust them to make this decision. The "no" vote for recall