Earlier this month, Jami Hewlett, Wasatch County councilor candidate and Heber City Planning Commission alternate member, publicly distributed a letter she wrote and falsely attributed to Winston Lee of Lee Music raising concerns he didn’t actually have about Heber City’s downtown plans.Monday, she received an ultimatum from city officials: Resign or get voted off the Planning Commission.She doesn’t plan to resign.Mayor Heidi Franco sent Hewlett a letter asking her to resign, and Hewlett posted a picture of the document to several community Facebook pages.“As the mayor and per the City Code listed below, I am asking for your resignation as Alternate on the Heber City Planning Commission effective immediately,” the document states. “If you do not take this opportunity to resign, then the City Council will take a public vote tomorrow during the regular City Council meeting.”Hewlett said the mayor told her the decision was connected with the erroneous letter she sent out earlier this month, though she didn’t include that on her online posts about the request for resignation.“They have the authority to remove me from the Planning Commission, but they will not prevent me from advocating for what is just!” Hewlett said in a post with a picture of the letter form the mayor in the “Wasatch County Independent Politics” Facebook group. She said she’s “disappointed that personal grievances appear to overshadow our collective responsibilities towards our city” and that she’s apologized to Lee and the council for the confusion caused in the letter she distributed with someone else’s name, and feels like her side of the story hasn’t been heard.Councilor Scott Phillips said he had originally wanted an agenda item to potentially remove Hewlett from the commission during the council’s last meeting.“The mayor had said she wanted to request her resignation first and then remove her as a last resort,” he said. “There was never an official action by the council. The mayor just asked to postpone.”He said he’s still seeing repercussions from the letter Hewlett sent out with Lee’s name in the form of upset people.“Earlier in the year, we had a meeting where they were talking about the ethics of the council,” he said. “Well, this goes right along with that. I mean, it’s like a full affront against our ethics policy.”Though he personally didn’t mention the reason Hewlett has been asked to resign or the specifics of the agenda item, Councilor Aaron Cheatwood said he’s disappointed Hewlett was quick to publicly share the letter she received from the mayor without providing much context.If he did something that he felt made it impossible to regain public trust, he said he would step down.“I can’t be in a recommending body role without the trust of my peers and without the trust of the public,” he said.Commenters on Hewlett’s posts showing the mayor’s letter to her have been mixed in their reactions, some seeing the ultimatum as a consequence and others wondering if she was being asked to resign because of her disagreements with the council.“I applaud your passion, but not the way you choose to express it,” Tammy Woodward commented. Before distributing her letter with Lee’s name on it, Hewlett sent it to him. Without reading it, he said “thank you.” After realizing that she’d taken that as approval, he quickly contacted her to say he was neutral on the issue it addressed.“My hope is to continue serving our community, either in my current capacity or in another role where I can contribute positively,” Hewlett said. “My commitment to Heber City remains unwavering.”The post Wasatch Council candidate asked to resign from Heber City Planning Commission over false letter appeared first on Park Record.