Editor,
As a former mayor of the city of San Mateo, I considered joining my former colleagues calling for the recall of Amourence Lee. At the time, however, I believed that it was in the best interest of the city to allow for healing to bring the city together again.
During the November district elections campaign, I was appalled by her actions against Rod Linhares to maneuver her candidate for District 5 and then attack Rod by injecting support for abortion rights into the election as if that is an appropriate litmus test to serve on the City Council.
Her actions during the deliberation for a City Council appointment were very transparent and sullied the good name of a very decent and honorable man, Cliff Robbins.
Still I hoped she would be contrite after the report by the District Attorney’s Office that found no evidence of collusion. I see no evidence of that, quite the contrary. It is clear to me now Amourence Lee is unfit to serve the city and should resign if she genuinely cares about San Mateo instead of her political future.
Jack Matthews
San Mateo
The letter writer is the former mayor of San Mateo.
Please purchase a Premium Subscription to continue reading.
To continue, please log in, or sign up for a new account.
We offer one free story view per month. If you register for an account, you will get two additional story views. After those three total views, we ask that you support us with a subscription.
A subscription to our digital content is so much more than just access to our valuable content. It means you’re helping to support a local community institution that has, from its very start, supported the betterment of our society. Thank you very much!
Only subscribers can view and post comments on articles.
Already a subscriber? Login Here
Sorry, an error occurred.
Already Subscribed!
Cancel anytime
Thank you .
Your account has been registered, and you are now logged in.
Check your email for details.
Submitting this form below will send a message to your email with a link to change your password.
An email message containing instructions on how to reset your password has been sent to the email address listed on your account.
No promotional rates found.
Secure & Encrypted
Thank you.
Your gift purchase was successful! Your purchase was successful, and you are now logged in.
| Rate: | |
| Begins: | |
| Transaction ID: |
A receipt was sent to your email.
(1) comment
Thank you for your thoughtful approach to deciding on this matter. When it was first happening, I felt I was watching something deep “in the rabbit hole” and wondered if this was as really bad as I feared. It turns out it was so much worse as the clear manipulation to get her preferred Councilmember seated was based on twisting the words and intentions of her biggest supporters. No wonder they are now bailing out in droves…
Welcome to the discussion.
Log In
Keep the discussion civilized. Absolutely NO personal attacks or insults directed toward writers, nor others who make comments.
Keep it clean. Please avoid obscene, vulgar, lewd, racist or sexually-oriented language.
Don't threaten. Threats of harming another person will not be tolerated.
Be truthful. Don't knowingly lie about anyone or anything.
Be proactive. Use the 'Report' link on each comment to let us know of abusive posts.
PLEASE TURN OFF YOUR CAPS LOCK.
Anyone violating these rules will be issued a warning. After the warning, comment privileges can be revoked.