HomeMy WebLinkAboutHardy call for Resignation of Mayor John ValdiviaHardy Brown, Publisher Emeritus
Black Voice News
4/15/20
Remarks for City Council Meeting on 4/15/20 during Public Comment time on the
agenda.
To: Honorable Mayor John Valdivia and City Council Members; Theodore Sanchez,
Sandra Ibarra, Juan Figueroa, Fred Shorett, Henry Nickel, Bessine Richard and James
Mulvihill
290 North D Street
San Bernardino, CA 92401
Mayor@SBCity.org (909) 384-5133
Council@SBCity.org 909) 384-5188
Subject: Resignation of the mayor and for the council to reject/vote no on the mayor’s
request for the city to pay for his legal cost.
As a taxpayer in this community, I am asking you to resign as mayor for the good of the
citizens and taxpayers in the city of San Bernardino. Your lack of leadership during the
most trying times in the life of the city (COVID-19), coupled with the fact you have been
distracted by sexual harassment and other lawsuits bought on by the staff under your
authority. I join with the many citizens voicing disapproval of your administration. I
don’t have the confidence that you can or will put San Bernardino back on the right
track.
So mayor I join with Council Member Sandra Ibarra, the Sun News Paper Editorial
Board and others for you to resign immediately.
Now to the city council, I see you have before you tonight’s meeting a request to
approve a request from the mayor for the city to pay for his legal cost to defend his
misdoings. The mere fact that he is asking means it is not a proven fact he is entitled to
the request. Therefore I am requesting no demanding that you reject his request. I base
this demand on these facts; the mayor had been warned back in 2018 the city attorney
that his behavior was wrong and could jeopardized the city to undue legal cost. This has
proven to be true from your recent settlement of the former city manager lawsuit of
$750,000.00
I have not finished tallying up the legal cost of what the mayor’s decisions as a leader
has cost the taxpayers but it is to much and must be stopped by you the council.
I thank you for your service and look for you to do the right thing on behalf of the
citizens who pay taxes.
Signed Hardy Brown