Over 400 county workers are striking, impacting services like landfills and the animal shelter. Meanwhile, charges were dropped against a man violently arrested in Santa Ana – these are some of this week’s top headlines.
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Anaheim Mayor Facing Racism Scandal Refuses Community Meeting if City’s Most Senior Latino Activist is Present
Community groups tried to meet with Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken to discuss allegations against her but she refuses to meet if former Councilman Jose Moreno is present.
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Anaheim Mayor Admits Drinking Problem & Going to Rehab
Mayor Ashleigh Aitken is admitting to having a drinking problem, going to rehab and relapsing at an event in June this year while continuing to deny allegations she called her chief of staff a racist slur.
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Anaheim Mayor’s Chief of Staff Alleges Culture of Booze and Bedlam at City Hall
The allegations come from a top city staffer who spent four years behind the scenes, alleging the mayor was regularly drunk, harassed staff and hurled racist and homophobic insults.
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More Anaheim Council Members Break Silence on Mayor’s Alleged Racist Remarks
Outside of Councilwoman Natalie Meeks, no other council member had publicly commented on allegations that Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken hurled racial slurs at her chief of staff.
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Anaheim Police Union PAC Suspends Support for Mayor Ashleigh Aitken
The union’s political action committee is suspending their support of Mayor Ashleigh Aitken’s reelection campaign amid allegations she used a racial slur – an accusation she denies.
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Anaheim Mayor Denies Calling Chief of Staff a Racist Slur
Mayor Ashleigh Aitken is for the first time explicitly denying calling her top aide a racial slur amid calls for her resignation after allegations she said a racist remark and questioned her chief of staff about her sexuality.
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OC’s Biggest Headlines as Anaheim Mayor Faces Accusations of Racism
Anaheim Mayor Ashleigh Aitken’s chief of staff is alleging she hurled racial and sexual slurs at her, the sheriff’s department overspent its budget by nearly $30 million – these are just some of OC’s civic headlines this week.
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Anaheim Councilwoman Calls For Probe into Mayor’s Alleged Racist Remarks
In the wake of Anaheim’s latest scandal, one councilwoman is calling for an expedited investigation less than two months before an election into allegations the Mayor made racist remarks to her chief of staff.
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Four Years Later: Anaheim Still Doesn’t Know Condition of Angel Stadium
Anaheim residents still don’t know the condition of one of their largest assets four years after previous officials called for an assessment of Angel Stadium in the wake of a corruption scandal.
