There is one vacancy on the Hawthorne city council. Â November elections saw the only African-Americans, on council with voting authority, removed by the voters. Â Residents were not happy with the city’s finances and blamed them. Â Especially the former mayor. Â [adsenseyu2]
African-American elected officials, around LA County, found his personal issues worrisome and he was abandoned by all of them during his re-election campaign. Â He lost handily.
Olivia Valentine was a casualty because she and the mayor typically voted the same.
Council member, Alex Vargas, ousted Chris Brown, the city’s first and possible last Black mayor, and he began his four-year mayoral term last month. Â Vargas’ seat is now vacant.
At tonight’s city council meeting, Katrina Manning, presented her reasons for wanting to be appointed to the vacant seat. Â The primary reason was she received the 3rd highest amount of votes.
It is also widely known she was a supporter of Chris Brown.
Will the council appoint an African-American to the dais or has the former mayor and council woman ruined it for everybody?
We will know January 19th.
