Mayor A 'No-Show' At Warren City Council Meeting
WARREN (WWJ) - Hundreds of Warren residents crowded a city council meeting Tuesday night — making their voices heard both in support and condemnation of Mayor Jim Fouts.
The council received a report about the authenticity of recordings that allegedly contain the voice of Mayor Fouts saying disparaging remarks about older women, blacks and the disabled.
Public comment starts at Warren city council. 1st man calls for Mayor Fouts to resign, interrupted by Fouts supporter, "times up!" @WWJ950 pic.twitter.com/bl8NfQzvv2
— Stephanie Davis (@sdavisDetroit) January 25, 2017
Minister who says he's married to black woman says he does not believe recordings of disparaging remarks are of Mayor Fouts. @WWJ950 pic.twitter.com/xCIV1ZDCGi
— Stephanie Davis (@sdavisDetroit) January 25, 2017
Recordings have surfaced that sound like Fouts denigrating women and using racial slurs. The mayor has denied it's his voice. Regardless, many showed up at the meeting saying on record they want him out, stating he should resign or be forced out.
Fouts, who did not attend the meeting, also had supporters that were in the audience and also vocal - saying they believe the mayor when he says it's not his voice on the audio tapes.
A referendum asking the mayor to submit to a lie-detector test did not pass a vote in the council -- the vote -- mainly symbolic would have had no legal standing to force Fouts to take a polygraph.