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Texas mayor who wrote that people should ‘fend for themselves’ says he’s resigned
Read full article: Texas mayor who wrote that people should ‘fend for themselves’ says he’s resignedIce underneath the bridge on I-35 in Austin, Texas on Feb. 17, 2021. The now-former mayor of a West Texas town said he had already turned in his resignation when he wrote a Facebook post saying it was not the local government’s responsibility to help those suffering in the cold without power. He also wrote that his original message was posted as a private citizen, not the mayor of Colorado City, saying he “had already turned in my resignation and had not signed up to run for mayor again.”AdHowever, it is unclear when exactly Boyd resigned. The Dallas Morning News reported that he had been scheduled to speak at a City Council meeting just last week. Colorado City is a town of about 4,000 residents some 230 miles west of Dallas.