On November 3rd, some Camarillo residents began gathering signatures for a petition to unseat Vice Mayor Susan Santangelo and Councilmember Shawn Mulchay. The petition drive is largely a response to councilmembers Santangelo and Mulchay's effort to pass a resolution affirming that in our city, Black Lives Matter. Because we agree with Santangelo and Mulchay that Black Lives Matter, we the undersigned, call on Camarillo residents to refuse to lend their signatures to the above referenced petition. In addition to our strong sympathy with the sentiments advanced in Santangelo and Mulchay's proposed resolution, we also find ourselves troubled by wasteful cost (approximately $220,000) to city taxpayers for a special election should the petition drive succeed. 

Finally we, the undersigned, wish to express our heartfelt support of both Vice Mayor Santangelo and Councilmember Mulchay in their continued efforts to promote racial justice in the City of Camarillo