Dodge City Mayor Joyce Warshaw on Tuesday submitted her letter of resignation effective immediately over threats she received. When she supported a mask mandate for Dodge City she was horrified to get threatening phone calls and mail.
“Life has dealt out many challenges in our world that have perhaps caused many people to act inappropriately but I do not feel safe in this position anymore and am hopeful in removing myself this anger, accusations and abuse will not fall on anyone else and will calm down,” Warshaw wrote in the letter.
Police are investigating the threats.
In public service most of her life, this was not a choice she wanted to make.