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Herrera resigns seat

Posted on August 20, 2009August 20, 2009 by Staff

John Herrera, who already had announced he was not planning to run for re-election, has resigned from the Carrboro Board of Aldermen. He has recently remarried and will be moving to Holly Springs.

Herrera was first elected in 2001 and won re-election in 2005. He is the second local municipal official recently to resign his seat. Bill Strom resigned his Chapel Hill Town Council seat on Aug. 1 and the council will be appointing his successor.

Herrera had opted not to run for re-election earlier this year and his term would have expired in December.

Text of his resignation — posted on Orange Politics yesterday — follows:

Dear Mayor, Colleagues and staff:

It is with mixed feelings that I am writing this short note to notify you that I am submitting my resignation to the Board of Alderman of Carrboro. Due to my new change of residence outside of the city limits. I just bought a house in Holly Springs, NC and I am in the process of moving.

It has been a pleasure and an honor to have work with you and served this beautiful town a an Alderman and Mayor Pro-Term. The appreciation for community diversity and the progressive community values that Carrboro has, it is what makes us unique from most towns in North Carolina and in the United States. I am very proud and grateful for the opportunity that Carrboro granted me to be a public servant. I will continue following the new developments of Carrboro and will continue to pray that the Creator always grant you wisdom and knowledge to continue to lead and serve this great community of Carrboro.

My most sincere greetings to all of you. If I can be of help in any capacity and I am able to help, please do not hesitate to contact me. Please let me know if there is an official protocol that I need to follow to do this. I will like to have had the chance to thank in a public meeting all the people of Carrboro for this unique opportunity.

Sincerely,

John A. Herrera

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