A Gain in Spite of It All

Bloomberg sent his hired hacks into locations that had recall petitions where they attempted to trick petition gatherers into making minor, technical mistakes (like walking away from petition sheets for a moment) so they could file complaints against the recall campaign. [More]

That's what can happen when you're rich enough to employ mercenaries. Fortunately, the Secretary of State said there wasn't enough "evidence" to invalidate the signatures.