AUBURN, Maine (AP) - A local Maine citizen group is seeking to recall three members of the Androscoggin County Commission for their support of an anti-mask resolution being considered by the board, but says it will end the efforts if the resolution is dropped.
A spokesperson for the group said the effort to recall the members will be dropped if they publicly reject the resolution, the Sun Journal reported Tuesday.
The three members are commissioners Brian Ames of Lewiston, Isaiah Lary of Wales and John Michael of Auburn. Ames and Lary are Republicans, while Michael is an independent. All four remaining commissioners are Democrats.
Kiernan Majerus-Collins, who is serving as a spokesperson for the group, said that the goal is not to recall anyone but to “get them to drop this anti-mask craziness.”
“If Commissioner Ames publicly states his opposition to the two anti-mask resolutions, we will stop the recall effort, and the same principle applies to commissioners Lary and Michael. We will only pursue the recalls as long as they pursue this anti-mask agenda,” Majerus-Collins said in a statement.
Lary has said that his goal is to challenge the governor’s powers to issue executive orders in the courts.
Maine Attorney General Aaron Frey sent a letter Friday to the county informing commissioners that they must follow the mask mandate or face legal consequences.
Lary has never worn a mask, while Ames and Michael wore one for the first time at last week’s meeting.
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