Town officials in the community of Windsor have nominated Vice Mayor Sam Salmon to replace former mayor Dominic Foppoli, who resigned last month after facing numerous sexual assault allegations.
Defying the public, Windsor appoints insider to replace Dominic Foppoli as mayor
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(From left) Windsor Councilmember Esther Lemus, Mayor Sam Salmon, newly-elected Windsor Councilmember Rosa Reynoza and Councilmember Debora Fudge hold the first in-person Windsor Town Council meeting of the year held at Windsor Town Hall in Windsor, Calif. Wednesday, June 2, 2021.Jessica Christian/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The Windsor Town Council appointed Sam Salmon mayor at the town council meeting on Wednesday, June 2, 2021.Jessica Christian/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Newly-elected Windsor Councilmember Rosa Reynoza is officially sworn in during the first in-person Windsor Town Council meeting of the year held at Windsor Town Hall in Windsor, Calif. Wednesday, June 2, 2021.Jessica Christian/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The Trump lobbyist and the sex tape : Behind Dominic Foppoli s combative response to sexual assault allegations
May 16, 2021
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Top: Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli, left, and lobbyist Robert Stryk have waged an aggressive campaign to save Foppoli s job. Bottom: An excerpt from a cease-and-desist letter sent by a lawyer for Windsor Town Council Member Esther Lemus to a criminal defense attorney representing Foppoli.Chronicle composite
With his political career on the brink of ruin amid multiple allegations of sexual assault, Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli turned to an old friend who had parlayed early loyalty and slight ties to Donald Trump into a multimillion-dollar lobbying business in Washington.
He needs to resign immediately : Lawmakers respond to Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli sexual assault allegations
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Mayor of Windsor Dominic Foppoli stands for a portrait during a Halloween event at Keiser Park in Windsor on Oct. 31, 2020. Mayor Foppoli has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault dating as far back as 2003.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Idyllic buildings line the streets of downtown Windsor on Feb. 16, 2021. Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli has been accused by multiple women of sexual assault dating as far back as 2003.Jessica Christian / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
More than a dozen local and state lawmakers demanded Thursday that Windsor Mayor Dominic Foppoli resign or be removed from office in response to a Chronicle investigation documenting four women’s accounts that Foppoli sexually assaulted them in incidents from 2003 to 2019.