{"id":7801,"date":"2025-10-25T18:34:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=7801"},"modified":"2025-10-25T18:34:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T18:34:33","slug":"councilwoman-steps-down-following","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=7801","title":{"rendered":"Councilwoman Steps Down Following"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Norman Councilwoman Resigns After Controversial Facebook Comments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Online Exchange<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norman City Councilwoman&nbsp;<strong>Bree Montoya<\/strong>&nbsp;resigned on&nbsp;<strong>September 23<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>after backlash over comments she made during a heated Facebook argument with a Trump supporter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the exchange, she told resident&nbsp;<strong>Audra Abbott<\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<em>\u201copen a vein\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;and<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cput a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;Screenshots of the posts quickly spread online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Apology and Backlash<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Montoya later apologized, writing,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI was immediately disgusted with myself and knew I had crossed an unimaginable line.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite her apology, criticism grew, and calls for her resignation intensified over the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Resignation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the council meeting, she said,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cEffective immediately, I am resigning as council member for Ward 3.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Thank you, Ward 3. It\u2019s been an honor to serve.\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;Applause followed her statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Aftermath<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her departure has reignited debate about&nbsp;<strong>civility and accountability<\/strong>&nbsp;in local government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Norman is now accepting applications to fill the vacant seat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Norman Councilwoman Resigns After Controversial Facebook Comments The Online Exchange Norman City Councilwoman&nbsp;Bree Montoya&nbsp;resigned on&nbsp;September 23 after backlash over comments she made during a heated Facebook argument with a Trump supporter. In the exchange, she told resident&nbsp;Audra Abbott&nbsp;to&nbsp;\u201copen a vein\u201d&nbsp;and \u201cput a gun in your mouth and pull the trigger.\u201d&nbsp;Screenshots of the posts quickly spread&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7802,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7803,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7801\/revisions\/7803"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/7802"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}