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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCalif. Town Ousts Mayor Over LGBT Pride Proclamation
The City Council in a small California town that rescinded its mayor's LGBT Pride Month proclamation in July has now removed the mayor and her second-in-command from office.
The Porterville, Calif., City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to remove council member Virginia Gurrola from her ceremonial position as mayor, in addition to booting vice mayor Peter McCracken from his post in City Hall, according to Fresno TV station KFSN.
Gurrola told the station she wasn't surprised by the vote, as she's faced intense criticism over her issuing a proclamation designating June as LGBT Pride Month in Porterville. That proclamation was rescinded in July by a 3-2 vote of the City Council.
Porterville's new mayor, Cameron Hamilton, said Gurrola's ouster was unrelated to her support for LGBT people.
http://www.advocate.com/politics/2013/09/19/watch-calif-town-ousts-mayor-over-lgbt-pride-proclamation
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)sorry, Le Taz Hot, but the Valley and adjacent Inland Empire (San Bernardino, Riverside) are our very own Red state within a state.
upaloopa
(11,417 posts)to the editor of Bakersfield newspaper. I went to visit a UU church in Bakersfield and they knew my name. They would post my letters to the editor on their bulletin board.
Sissyk
(12,665 posts)And like hell it wasn't related to support for LGBTs. And this is in California?? Sounds more like my state.
Nuclear Unicorn
(19,497 posts)"Peter McCraken"
*serious face*
That's messed-up, bigoted and vindictive.