A Southern California mayor has agreed to plead guilty to acting as an illegal agent for the Chinese government, and has resigned from her city position, officials said Monday.
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P.S. these fucking Tankies getting desparate enough to show up a lot on Lemmy World now that Piefed has helped people avoid the plague that ML is.
What were her policies? Was she trying to build HSR?
Her Wikipedia page says she was Republican until 2022 (the year she joined the city council), but then switched parties. (Her work for the PRC was between 2020 and 2022.)
Homestar Runner?
Technically all of her current crimes predate her time as Mayor of Arcadia, so the story doesn’t have a whole lot to do with that, but to answer your question:
She was a part of the Arcadia Lion’s Club and Arcadia Association of Realtors, meaning she likely promoted land development and sale to investors. She assumed office in 2025 and was removed from most responsibilities the same year as these allegations came forward and she denied them at first.