We’re just over a week away from knowing the results of the recall campaign against Mayor Jyoti Gondek. One way or another, this campaign will soon be over.

It’s been noted many times just how unlikely its success is, given the ridiculously high bar that needs to be cleared. It will still be interesting nonetheless to behold the final signature count, and to what extent it represents a rebuke of the mayor.

What will also surely be parsed in the weeks ahead is the question of just who was behind or involved in this recall campaign. Much has been made about alleged shadowy or covert political support of this campaign or the idea that it’s been co-opted in the name of bigger and broader political ends.

Here’s the thing, though: none of that matters.

Such talk might help cast doubt or even discredit the petition in the eyes of the public, but it’s important to note that no one has alleged or suggested that any rules or laws are being broken (other than some signs — some of which were subsequently........

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