The mayor of a small Southern California city says he will resign after being criticized for sharing an e-mail picture depicting the White House lawn planted with watermelons under the title "No Easter egg hunt this year."
Los Alamitos Mayor Dean Grose issued a statement Thursday saying he is sorry and will step down as mayor at Monday's City Council meeting.
Grose came under fire for sending the picture to what he called "a small group of friends." One of the recipients, a local businesswoman and city volunteer, publicly scolded the mayor for his actions.
Grose says he accepts that the e-mail was in poor taste and has affected his ability to lead the city. Grose said he didn't mean to offend anyone and claimed he was unaware of the racial stereotype linking black people with eating watermelons.
Located in Orange County, Los Alamitos is a 2 1/4-square-mile city of around 12,000 people.
Source: AP
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Kudos to the person who blew the whistle on the mayor. I urge everyone regardless of ethnicity to call out anyone who makes these kind of 'jokes' about the president of the U.S. I also urge anyone who receives threats (even it they seems to be 'jokes')against the president to report offenders to the FBI as this is clearly against the law. This is the only way these things will ever end.