RECALL FAIRFAX 2025

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RECALL FAIRFAX 2025 *

End the mismanagement and deception. Recall Stephanie Hellman and Lisel Blash.

Why the recall?

Stephanie Hellman and Lisel Blash have failed in fulfilling the most basic duties of their positions to the residents of Fairfax. They have consistently  disregarded the will of residents, engaged in unresponsive governance and resisted necessary progress. We do not take this drastic step lightly, but Hellman and Blash have created an untenable situation.

  • Financial mismanagement of tax dollars, including wasting hundreds of thousands of dollars on consultants and legal fees

  • Consistent record of voting for personal beliefs, or non-local activist agendas over constituent needs including conflicts of interest, using town tax money for personal benefit, and misuse of position for personal gain

  • Failed to enact repair of town infrastructure and facilities from money earmarked for maintenance

  • Voted for and/or supports high density housing clustered in downtown Fairfax, without safe evacuation routes, endangering our community during wildfires, floods and earthquakes

  • Supported financially destructive and paralyzing rent control ordinances, despite overwhelming community opposition

  • Willfully neglected the encampment crisis, leading to watershed pollution, fire risk, open hard drug use, and child endangerment

  • Restricted free speech at public meetings, and engaged in bullying tactics such as sending hostile emails and texts and making obscene hand gestures at local business owners. 

  • Wasting of tax dollars on legal counsel to deny public record requests.

  • Marginalized parent concerns and allowed families and businesses to be terrorized by mentally ill drug users in homeless encampment

  • Dishonest communication about services provided to homeless and actions being taken to house them

  • Suppressing information about School Street Plaza development, referring to concerns as “fear mongering”

  • Policy influences from non-resident groups over the objections of local residents: Marin Democratic Socialists of America, Marin Homeless Union and Marin Environmental Housing Collaborative (Blash’s former employer)

**Statement on Recent Political Labels and the Fairfax Recall Effort**

We want to address the rhetoric raised by some residents regarding the use of political labels such as "MAGA" in our community discourse. It is our observation that the current town council leadership, despite identifying as liberals, has engaged in tactics that mirror strategies often associated with partisan playbooks—name-calling, political labeling, silencing dissent, and displaying hostile or vindictive behavior. When these leaders resort to labeling their neighbors as "MAGA" while posturing as virtuous defenders of progressive values, it risks coming across as projection. Such actions suggest a focus on consolidating power rather than serving the broader interests of Fairfax's diverse community.

Extremism, in any form, has no place in Fairfax. Our town deserves leadership that prioritizes unity, transparency, and genuine representation over divisive rhetoric. The recall effort is not about partisan ideology; it is a bipartisan initiative led by a coalition of liberals and moderates committed to restoring democratic principles as outlined in our constitutional framework. We aim to foster a governance model that listens to all voices, respects dissent, and works for the majority—not just a select few. We invite all Fairfax residents to join us in this effort to rebuild a town council that truly reflects our shared values of fairness, accountability, and community-driven decision-making.

Sincerely, The Fairfax Recall Team

** PAID FOR BY THE COMMITTEE TO RECALL VICE MAYOR STEPHANIE HELLMAN AND MAYOR LISEL BLASH

COMMITTEES TOP FUNDER: SUPPORTERS OF RECALL OF VICE MAYOR HELLMAN AND MAYOR BLASH