That is not really a fair description of this situation.   For if Grasty is booted out, that will still be democracy in action, since this is a democratic election that is being held.

What this case illustrates, though, is that sometimes elected officials need to not listen to their constituents, and instead do what they believe is the right thing to do.   So even if we discover that the majority of people in the county disapprove of his handling of the occupation, that is irrelevant regarding whether his actions were indeed the correct ones to take.

Have you ever read John F Kennedy's classic book PROFILES IN COURAGE?   It explains how the public servants that Kennedy admired the most were not the ones that gave into popular sentiments, but instead used their own moral judgement to do what they believed was really right.   And that is what Grasty did.

If he had instead supported the occupation, then I doubt that this recall would have ever happened.