Butte County Democrats Condemn the Attacks on Scott Huber

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝘁 𝗛𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿:

The Butte County Democratic Party is 𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗱 by the agitators who, in the pursuit of political advantage, cost Chico City Councilor Scott Huber his employment.

Members of the political action committee 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗼 and other conservative groups targeted a public official’s employer, threatening not only his livelihood, but the viability of the employer’s business itself. Council member Huber resigned from his position as a result.

The tactics employed by his detractors are vile and unacceptable. This 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝘂𝗹𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 and 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗯𝗲𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗿 must stop. Butte County is better than that.

Every citizen has the right to disagree with and criticize elected representatives, but redress comes on Election Day. To prevent a local official—a neighbor—from making a living simply due to political differences crosses over the line of free speech and has no place in the democratic process.

Citizens for a Safe Chico receives the bulk of its substantial funding from conservative business owners, even our Republican assemblyman. We call on these contributors to reflect on their own (or any of their friends’) difficulties staying afloat during the pandemic and join us in 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 those who would weaponize the job market.

We call on all 𝗖𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗼 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗖𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗹 𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀, regardless of political affiliation, to strenuously—and on the public record—𝗱𝗲𝗻𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗻, 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝘀𝗲.

Respectfully,
James Aram, Butte County Democratic Party Chairperson