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contested mayoral election in
Portsmouth since his 1996 victory. Holley was recalled for a second time on July 13, 2010. This second recall effort began in 2009 after an assistant made a confidential complaint of verbal abuse and of being required by Holley to perform his personal errands while working on city time. The accusations (leaked to the press) prompted the Portsmouth City Council to fine Holley $ 2,500 and ask him to retire, citing a pattern of mistreating subordinates. After Holley refused to retire, his opponents circulated a recall petition citing the allegations against him, which gathered 8000 signatures, which a judge deemed sufficient to place Holley's recall on the ballot for July 13, 2010. Though an
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sent to community leaders became another factor in his removal. His successor, Gloria O. Webb, former chairperson of the School Board, not only became
Portsmouth's first female mayor, but also served uncontested for a decade. In May 2008 Holley narrowly defeated Martha Ann Creecy in the first
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in the 1950s and 1960s, and played an integral role in the desegregation of
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