Vice-Mayor Randy Pope called for legal methods to remove a colleague, and he did so on November 4, 2021. Vice-Mayor Pope asked for information on procedures to remove an Oakley Councilmember from the dais if he disagreed with the colleague. Vice-Mayor Pope would do so, bypassing the Oakley electorate in the process. Below is a URL to a video of his comments. He calls for the accountability of the city council members. Yes, if he disagrees with a council member, that council member is removed. The removal would become more urgent if the errant council member reported misconduct concerning Vice-Mayor Pope on social media. However, Vice-Mayor Pope will determine who will be removed or not. Vice-Mayor Pope believed it was ethical and moral for him to degrade then-Mayor Alaura during a council meeting when she attempted to deliver a resolution in favor of LGBTQ month on May 28, 2019. Pope has sworn to uphold the United States and California constitutions. He did not believe same-sex unions to be constitutional despite a United States Supreme Court decision that says otherwise. Vice-Mayor Pope habitually denigrates unhoused persons, saying he would put them on a bus and forcibly remove them from Oakley if he was able to do so. Vice-Mayor Pope does not believe it to be a constitutional issue that all people be secure in their person. Vice-Mayor Pope thinks it should be lawful for him to forcibly remove people from Oakley without judicial review if he does not like them. A meeting of the Oakley Governance Council is tomorrow night, November 16, 2021, at 6:30 P.M. Now is the time to contact council members to voice your concerns about the governance of Oakley, or, better yet, attend the meeting to be held in the council chambers.
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George Fuller, MPA, MA
City Councilmember, City of Oakley, CA
