The mayor of the Orange Conty town of 12,000, Los Alamitos, is under heavy national under fire for an e-mail he sent out "No Easter egg hunt this year," showing the White House lawn planted with watermelons.
"I have had plenty of my share of chicken and watermelon and all those kinds of jokes," Keyanus Price, a local business owner told The Associated Press. "As a black person receiving something like this from the city-freakin'-mayor - come on." She wants a public apology.
The Orange County Register reported the email earlier this week.
"I have had plenty of my share of chicken and watermelon and all those kinds of jokes," Keyanus Price, a local business owner told The Associated Press. "As a black person receiving something like this from the city-freakin'-mayor - come on." She wants a public apology.
The Orange County Register reported the email earlier this week.
the almost ex-mayor
Mayor Dean Grose confirmed to the AP that he sent the e-mail to Price and said he didn't mean to offend her. He said he was "unaware of the racial stereotype that black people like watermelons. "
On Thursday The Mayor announced he would resign at a City Council meeting on Monday.
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