Weiss in recall mode

Iin troday's Tipoff column, we take a look at Councliman Jack Weiss and his effort to fight the recall campaign launched against him with an appeal for help from his colleagues -- without much success.

Weiss was formally served with a recall notice last week and has three weeks to publish a response. Recall proponents will then have 120 days to collect 23,000 signatures that are needed to qualify a recall — a daunting task in the best of circumstances.

In the meantime, Weiss' colleagues are watching with fascination and a bit of guilty pleasure at the troubles Weiss faces even as he prepares to run for city attorney in 2009.

"Jack is getting what he deserves," said one council member who asked not to be identified. "If he treats his constituents like he treats us, this is no surprise."

One recent example came last Tuesday when Weiss passed on attending a City Council meeting to instead attend a Police Commission meeting.

The council was nearly forced to adjourn for lack of a quorum and the council had to wait nearly 30 minutes before starting.

"There was no reason for J