Door County recall wheels set in motion Residents are angry about plans for a new jail News-Chronicle While holding out one last olive branch of peace, a group opposed to a multimillion building project has launched a movement to recall 18 members of the Door County Board of Supervisors. Citizens for Open Government's start of the complex recall process came during a rally Monday at Sturgeon Bay High School, where about 160 people sat at tables marked with the district number of the supervisor they intend to unseat. The recall is aimed at 18 county supervisors who voted to borrow $30 million to pay for a justice center, plus a new Highway Department shop, an ambulance station in Sister Bay and countywide dispatch equipment. A majority of the supervisors also voted to spend $999,999 to buy 140 acres of land on which to build the justice center and Highway Department building. "We don't want to be here. We're here because we have no other choice," said Allin Walker, an organizer of COG and the first person to suggest a recall. "We can't afford a $50 million government campus." Only Sups. Colleen Crocker-MacMillin - who doubles as mayor of Sturgeon Bay - and Leroy Liebe, who is Nasewaupee town chairman, were left off the recall list. Crocker-MacMillin has been a consistent opponent of expanding county government services to the far west side of the city. She and Liebe voted against a resolution to borrow money for the project. Liebe has not answered questions about his opposition to the project. While COG founder Tom Torinus of Baileys Harbor and other members of the group explained how to conduct a recall, Walker dangled a peace offering in front of the Door County Board. In exchange for a pledge to stop the steps toward construction of the justice center, Walker said COG would halt the recall campaign. "I have asked for any 12 (a majority) Door County Board members to sign this pledge not to dig before the April elections. And so far I've gotten no signatures," Walker said. Walker claimed to have made such an offer in the past as well, but none of the county supervisors contacted by reporters had heard about it before or since Monday's meeting. "News to me," said Sup. Richard Virlee, a retired sheriff's deputy. "It's the first time I heard about it," said board Chairman Leo Zipperer, who represents the town of Sevastopol and attended the recall rally Monday. In addition to organizing the recall, COG encouraged residents to oppose the county building project by attending meetings of the Sturgeon Bay Plan Commission. The county has filed a development plan with the city for the justice center, highway shop, future offices and roads.