Group Files Over 4,400 Petition Signatures Seeking to Recall Plano Councilman Over ‘bigoted' Posts

PLANO — A group called OurPlano OnePlano has submitted over 4,400 signatures on a petition seeking to recall City Council member Tom Harrison, whose inflammatory social media posts have created an uproar.The residents seeking to oust Harrison call his posts racist and bigoted and not representative of their city."We are standing together to let Mr. Harrison know that his bigoted statements offended us, and we expect him to resign," says a statement from the group. "If not, we are prepared to see this through to a successful recall election."Harrison, 73, has apologized for the "unintentional hurt" he caused by sharing a post on Facebook that stated: "Share if you think Trump should ban Islam in American schools." The post included images of students wearing hijabs.  Continue reading...