San Mateo Mayor Amourence Lee is facing a recall campaign for “unethical” behavior during her time on the council that she disputes.
SAN MATEO — Months after San Mateo descended into chaos with two newly elected council members stalling the appointment of Amourence Lee as mayor, the city’s top leader is facing a recall campaign by some of her staunchest opponents, including five former mayors who say she has acted “unethically” in the past.
Organizers of the recall campaign against Lee did not return a request for comment. On the campaign’s website, organizers say Lee made “unsubstantiated claims of ‘back door deals’ impacting a critical choice for a city council seat, thereby moving her own preferred candidate to the front of the line.” They say Lee refused to act when one of her neighbors, a member of the North Central Neighborhood Association board, allegedly moved the campaign sign of an opponent.
“We are united in our resolve to galvanize, not polarize, and steer San Mateo toward a more accountable, civil and transparent way of governance,” the letter says. “We believe that with the recall of Councilmember Amourence Lee, we will have taken a huge step toward becoming all we hope for as a community and city.”
Mack, who served on the city council for 12 years and as mayor three times, is most upset that Lee accused members of the community of attempting to buy her vote for a specific candidate to elevate her to mayor.Since December, Lee has remained hush-hush about evidence she has of back-room deals to buy her vote. She did not give the press any information about who approached her with the vote-buying deal and on Thursday during an interview she again refused to give any information.
District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said his office is continuing to investigate the allegations that two people reached out to Lee and possibly offered to exchange votes for the December city council meeting.
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