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The effort to recall District 12 Metro Councilman Mickey Skyring has failed, but the attorney who led the effort says some good might have come of it. “I think that we have an inspired electorate out there who may be paying attention a little bit more to what happens and who their next representative is going to be,” says Alex St. Amant, who expressed hope for a candidate in the next election that recall supporters can get behind. St. Amant sought to recall Skyring over his vote in favor of the controversial Rouzan TND. To get a recall election, supporters needed to collect signatures from a third of the district’s 22,631 registered voters within 180 days of filing paperwork with the Secretary of State’s office on Oct. 29; the recall effort netted just under half the votes it needed. Skyring’s term ends in December. To read a Business Report story about the recall effort, click here.--David Jacobs