March 17, 2021
Rohnert Park’s Vice Mayor is speaking out after being called racial slurs over the phone.
Vice Mayor Jackie Elward posted on Facebook that during a phone call with an anonymous person complaining about the fireworks ban in Rohnert Park, she was called racial slurs and told to “go back to Africa.” Elward said in the post she has thick skin and can take people being angry with her but what happened over the phone was “totally unacceptable.” Supervisor Lynda Hopkins and Santa Rosa Mayor Chris Rogers expressed support of Elward on Facebook with Hopkins stating “Sonoma County, we need to do better.”