Reading from a prepared statement, today Alan Long resigned as Mayor, and from the City Council, of Murrieta. The resignation follows his DUI injury accident arrest on October 16, 2014 in the evening when he rear-ended a vehicle with four teenage girls. One of the passengers remains in the hospital.
Though Alan Long resigned from the City Council, he will continue his campaign for a seat on the city council in the upcoming election that is about two weeks away.
Why would he still run for office, if he resigned?
It has been suggested to me that he either hopes there was enough mail-in ballots with his name on them to enable him to win reelection, or Long is staying in the race to dilute the vote in order to keep unwanted challengers off of the council.
Confident he will be cleared after the investigation, Long says he resigned because the investigation would be a distraction to him trying to fulfill the duties of mayor.
With Long stepping down, Mayor Pro-Tem Harry Ramos will act as mayor, a position he was going to be sworn into in about a month, anyhow.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
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