Santee mayor calls for county official s resignation after comments about Newsom recall supporters
It s a back and forth affair with Santee Mayor John Minto and County Board of Supervisor Nathan Fletcher over Governor Gavin Newsom s recall effort. Author: Teresa Sardina Updated: 5:56 PM PST February 12, 2021
SANTEE, Calif. There s local controversy over Governor Gavin Newsom s recall efforts.
Santee Mayor John Minto wants Supervisor Nathan Fletcher to apologize and resign from his position after using hateful language when addressing those participating in those recall efforts.
Mayor Minto sent a letter to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors Thursday, directed to Chair Supervisor Nathan Fletcher regarding recent comments over Governor Gavin Newsom recall efforts, highlighting words used: Extremists, Conspiracy, Theorists, Neo-Nazis, Right Wing-Militia Groups and White Supremacists.
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The Santee City Council has sent a letter to the county Board of Supervisors criticizing Supervisor Nathan Fletcher for what they characterize as his “hateful rhetoric” in describing some of the backers of the recall of Gov. Gavin Newsom.
They have asked that Fletcher, a Democrat who represents District 4, issue a public apology and step down as board chairman. The council, made up of five registered Republicans, voted 4-0, with Councilman Ronn Hall abstaining, to send the letter.
The letter, approved Wednesday, admonishes Fletcher for comments he made during a Jan. 12 Zoom conference call to Democratic Party supporters in California. During the video, Fletcher spoke generally about the need to safeguard democracy, saying that some of the extremist groups involved in the Jan. 6 storming of the Capitol are involved in the recall effort.
The fate of the 3,000-home Fanita Ranch development now rests with voters.
The Santee City Council, with Mayor John Minto absent, unanimously voted Wednesday to place a measure on the November 2022 ballot asking whether the project should be built.
But pending legal challenges
by HomeFed Fanita Rancho, LLC, the project’s backer, and possibly others, may alter the council’s decision and the ballot measure’s future.
The City Council gave its green light in September for the housing in the hills beyond Santee Lakes. Shortly thereafter, residents collected enough signatures, 3,854, to force the council to either rescind its approval or put the measure on the ballot.