From: Fikes, Cathy
To: Agenda Alerts
Subject: FW: 12/5/23 HB City Council Agenda Item 7 - Motion to Elect a New Mayor Date: Monday, December 4, 2023 9:18:32 AM
From:
Pat Goodman <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2023 11:27 PM
To: Strickland, Tony <[email protected]>; CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]>
Cc: Fikes, Cathy <[email protected]>
Subject: 12/5/23 HB City Council Agenda Item 7 - Motion to Elect a New Mayor Mayor Strickland, City Council Members,
I recently saw a political flier on social media that showed the choice by the majority council members for mayor and mayor pro tem as Gracey Van Der Mark and Pat Burns, respectively. This pre-ordained selection, continues the break from historical council norms by this council majority and its disdain and lack of respect of the public and the Brown Act.
Despite this pre-ordained outcome, I cannot be silent on this error of judgment. I believe that Council Member Van Der Mark is not fit to serve as
Mayor of Huntington Beach because of her affiliation with militia organizations like the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and the III% ers.
Her record of dismantling our local government, disbanding citizen boards like the Human Relations Committee, the takeover by the city to administer elections, watering down the Statement of Human Dignity to make it meaningless, and imposing a board to censor library books shows her anti-American, anti-government beliefs.
These actions this
year support the accusations of her affinity with militia organizations like the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and III%ers.
I am not aware of any statement that she has issued to disavow her affiliation with any of these groups, whose members have been convicted or awaiting trial of the insurrection on the U.S. Capitol building on January 6, 2021.
Nor am I aware of any of her colleagues making
similar statements to disavow these militia organizations. I can only surmise that she supports these militia organizations.
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During the past year I have heard very serious accusations, supported by photos and videos, against Council Member Van Der Mark about her affiliations with these militia organizations several years ago. I have heard Ms. Van Der Mark say that she attended these rallies for research purposes, but has not produced any report of her research or statement to disavow her affiliation with these organizations. I did hear assertion that Holocaust of six million Jews by the Nazi regime did occur.
Ms. Van Der Mark please make a public statement and issue a written statement about your affiliation with these organizations and your current affiliation with them. In addition to Ms. Van Der Mark, Council Members Burns, Strickland and McKeon need to make similar statements of your disavowal of these organizations and that they have no place in our city government.
It is not too late for the city council to correct this grievous issue.
Pat Goodman
Huntington Beach, CA
From: Michael Gioan
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF)
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: Please do not bring shame to Huntington Beach! Date: Friday, December 1, 2023 4:53:44 PM
Importance: High
We all know that, barring a miracle where the Fascist Fours majority on the City Council comes down with a sudden attack of ethical behavior, Councilwoman Dis-Gracey Van Der Mark will be installed as new "mayor" this coming Tuesday.
Huntington Beach then will have the dubious distinction of being the first city in California to sport an overtly racist mayor with a long and documented history of close relationships with the Proud Boys and other anti-democratic white supremacist cults, not to mention a reputation of having an unhealthy fixation on other people's sexuality.
I'm quite sure this will work wonders attracting tourism or business activities.
Ms. Van Der Bark is neither qualified nor legitimately positioned to be nominated to this role. There are 2 members of the City Council with more seniority in the role who should be considered for nomination for 2024 Mayorship. But this would be forgetting that the current City Council majority has shown time and again they have no respect for time-honored rules and norms, nor ethics, nor citizens' input.
When you vote for the new HB Mayor on Tuesday, remember that your decision is public and will remained so forever, the Internet never forgets.
Do the right things and follow the rules for a change.
--
Michael Gioan - HB resident since 1991 and homeowner
From: Levin, Shannon
To: [email protected]
Subject: FW: December 5th Council Meeting
Date: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:59:28 AM
From: HAROLD AND CHERYL COOK <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, December 5, 2023 8:46 AM
To: CITY COUNCIL (INCL. CMO STAFF) <[email protected]> Subject: December 5th Council Meeting
We request that our views be included in tonight’s minutes since we can’t attend in person. We object to Gracey Van Der Mark being considered as Mayor, as usual the majority is going by its own personal rules. The next Mayor according to the Resolution should be according to seniority and experience. It is very clear what the majority on the City Council is trying to do. You are doing whatever benefits you personally and politically and trying to bring in people just like you. We want our city back and have our voices heard instead of living in a dictatorial city. We will not stand for voter restrictions, discriminatory flag policy, untrained adults deciding what books will be allowed in our Public Libraries. These actions are what lead up to a society that has very little rights and becomes a dictatorship. We want our Democracy and live by the Constitution, not a few opportunists that are only thinking of their own selfish gains and not of the citizens of this city.
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