OHFG. I live in Orange County, California. Most people here are NOT racist, but boy this asshole sure is.
This really blew my freaking mind.
Dean Grose is the mayor of Los Alamitos, a small city of approximately 13,000 in the northeast part of Orange County, California. It is a part time job and any whackjob can get elected mayor.
Read here what happened.
LOS ALAMITOS - The mayor has sent an apology for an e-mail sent to a local businesswoman and community volunteer that she says is racist and offensive.
Keyanus Price, an African American, said she was appalled when she received an e-mail from Mayor Dean Grose's personal account that showed a picture of the White House with a watermelon patch imposed as the White House garden.
Now the asshole just says it was poor judgement
It was just poor judgment on my part, and I am deeply sorry," he said. "It wasn't meant to hurt he
Then he sent a letter of apology
Mayor Dean Grose's apology letter to the City Council, Price and her boss
I am deeply embarrassed in receiving your email, and for any harm or hurt that it may have caused. It was poor judgement on my part and was never intended to be offensive to Ms. Price, your company or anyone in the African American Community. I have exchanged emails with Ms. Price in the past.
I can fully understand your concerns and comments. Please be advised that I have left a voice mail for Ms. Price and will also be sending her a separate email with my apology. You can be assured that I will not allow this to happen again. I in no way was representing the City of Los Alamitos, or my role as a council member in sending this out and it went via my private business email. That doesn't justify the fact that it was sent, however, we gratefully appreciate the contributions that your company makes to our community and I wish to publically apologize to anyone within the firm or organization that may have been offended.
I am truly sorry.
Dean Grose
Now we've all at least probably received off color (pardon the pun) emails from time to time. I am very careful what I forward. But this guy is a racist and a stupid one at that.
But what really got me were the comments from some of the rednecks on the OC Register website. The OC Register is a libertarian paper. Orange County, traditionally a GOP bastion ALMOST went for Obama this year. McCain won by only 3 pts. Things are changing.
But check this shit out.
This is so ridiculous. Obviously the Mayor did not send this email to offend this business woman. This business woman called Orange County Register to make this email public. Why would she make this public? All this business woman had to do is email this Mayor and tell him that she was offended, and that should have been the end of it. I think she may have a beef other than this email with the Mayor. I get emails all the time and if an email offends me I delete that particular email. This just seems a little odd to me that she would bring this email to the publics attention.
Sure make the black person the instigator. Typical bullshit
One more.
still don't get it. I'm italian, I don't get offened if people associate pasta to us, and I doubt the Germans get offended by sausage being associated with them. Please, someone explain why watermelon is such an offensive image for African Americans. I don't get it.
Gee. I wonder if the Fox News Assholes will say something about this.
Update! Here is the asshole's info on the city's website
http://www.ci.los-alamitos.ca.us/...
his emial is dgrose@ci.los-alamitos.ca.us
email him and tell him to resign!!!