The grassroots effort to get a recall measure on the November ballot that would remove Mayor Anthony Williams from city hall has failed, WTOP reports. Save Our City, which launched the recall effort, was out in full force this past weekend collecting signatures across the city. But with only 30,000 signatures, volunteers were about 5,000 short to push the recall measure onto the ballot.

The mayor’s critics believe that Williams has placed commercial development and luring the Expos to the District ahead of health care access and alleviating the city’s housing crunch for low- and middle-income residents.

When DCist came across a Save Our City petition gatherer on Saturday on Wisconsin Avenue, the volunteer complained that they probably could have done a lot better if it wasn’t for the fact that media attention has been nil to little at best. While Williams seems to be tarnished, he seems to be made of teflon. Not even perennial mayoral candidate Carol Schwartz, the longtime Republican at-large city council member, is challenging Williams this year.