CARPINTERIA, Calif.-Carpinteria Vice Mayor Mónica Solórzano stood up for staff recognition presentations, but stayed seated during the Pledge of Allegiance for the second council meeting in a row.
“It is unfortunate that in any way this conversation has really boiled down to whether I am sitting or standing as an individual and not about the policies that are really impacting so many people here in Carpinteria, in California, across the nation, ” said Solórzano, ” that is the basis behind why I am doing what I am doing and I wanted to be able to be visible as a resource for people who need somebody to contact to know is on their side looking out for them.”
The Vice Mayor, longtime UCSB policy analyst, and Carpinteria homeowner in the first district, received positive and negative feedback at the council meeting and on social media…