Mayor David Rowe of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, found himself of a flash recall campaign after a Washington Post profile of the city claimed that "He wouldn’t ... want to go back to the days when there were separate water fountains at the local Sears for whites and blacks." The effort is being led by Mt. Airy native Darrell Peavy who thinks that Rowe is abandoning the conservative principles that he ran on. "A fancy northern reporter asks him a question and he goes all soft." Peavy was quick to point out that the recall isn't about race. "I just do need the government telling who can or can't use the water fountain, or which water fountain, in my business." In his case, Peavy runs a print shop that just came out with a commemorative inaugural issue of "Whites Only" signs. When asked for comment, Mayor Rowe noted that his office plans no new regulations on water fountains.
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