News — 2020
Temecula’s ex-Mayor James ‘Stew’ Stewart eyes return to council after email controversy
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Former Temecula mayor James “Stew” Stewart — who resigned in June after his email about police and people of color sparked a backlash — is trying to get his old seat back in the Tuesday, Nov. 3, election. Stewart stepped down following an email to a resident in which he wrote he didn’t “believe there’s ever been a good person of color killed by a police officer.” Stewart apologized for the word “good,” which he said was added in the late-night email as he dictated the message, which he does because he is dyslexic. At the time, he could not remember a...