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Citing hostile and divisive public discussions, Nederland Mayor Sumaya Abu-Haidar has resigned, with six months left in her two-year term.
Abu-Haidar, who was elected in April 2010, announced her resignation at the beginning of Tuesday’s board meeting. She left the meeting immediately to a standing ovation from those in attendance.
In a three-page resignation letter, Abu-Haidar said that “the tone of public communications with the board, and with me in particular, has become increasingly divisive, unproductive and even hostile.”
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