After crying about the Cowlitz County Sheriff being mean to them and arresting them in inconvenient places for their illegal thuggery, the Longshore unions now plan a recall drive.

“Cowlitz County has become a battle zone, and Mark Nelson has some of the blame. Citizens depended on law enforcement to decelerate the situation, which Mark Nelson has failed to do. In fact, his officers have contributed to the turmoil and accelerating the atmosphere of

violence in what would have been a peaceful protest,” ILWU’s Longview-based Local 21 President Dan Coffman and local treasurer Byron Jacobs argue in the recall complaint.

ILWU Leader (Photo: Daily News)

Longshore members have used ax handles, baseball bats, threats, vandalism, intimidation and hostage taking of guards at the embattled EGT company to impose their will on the SW Washington community. (See previous posts here, here, here, here, here, here, among others.)

The burden is all on the union to clear the high hurdle of a recall. From the Longview Daily News here and here:

The recall petition must pass two legal hurdles before it can appear on the ballot.
A superior court judge must first rule whether the charges fit the legal definition of “malfeasance” or “misfeasance” or the violation of Nelson’s oath of office. Otherwise, the recall would be invalid.

 I hardly think that arresting thugs for breaking the law will rise to the level of “mal or mis feasance” but that’s not the point.

The Longshore union members are using this as another intimidation tactic.

If they succeed, union thuggery will be the law of Cowlitz County and its Sheriff, the Longshoreman’s collective.

Good luck with that.