By Riley Morningstar
The Journal
WESTMINSTER — One Westminster City Council candidate has reversed her support of mayoral candidate Susan Ramey because she said she felt pressured to never criticize Ramey.
The Journal
WESTMINSTER — One Westminster City Council candidate has reversed her support of mayoral candidate Susan Ramey because she said she felt pressured to never criticize Ramey.
On Sunday, Theresa Noe posted a video on her personal blog apologizing to Westminster residents for having pledged unwavering support to Ramey’s campaign.
“I am sorry to the citizens, residents and supporters of Westminster,” Noe said in the video. “I am truly sorry for my actions, and what I mean by that is I came into this campaign with only listening to Susan Ramey and what her team members were saying. Susan Ramey had said she wanted to run a clean and honest and transparent campaign. The problem with that is that every time they saw something we had posted or others might have posted, we were to delete it. … Susan Ramey is not who she says she is.”
Noe said the relationship started to fracture when she disagreed with Ramey on her campaign proposal of a sick day bank for city workers.
“I didn’t agree with that, and they let me know that that night (to delete the post),” Noe said.
Noe said she was told by Ramey’s campaign supporters to delete any social media posts that criticized her, something she strongly disagreed with.
“I was not going to allow them to control me, because they kept saying I was bad-mouthing Susan in the open,” Noe said. “‘You’re not supposed to disagree with Susan ever where everybody can see it.’ So I said, ‘Are we not supposed to question her? Are we supposed to be her puppets?’ I said from the very beginning I will speak truth and speak action. That’s what the city needs — to be honest and transparent. We need to be transparent in everything we do.”
Noe said allegations of corruption against Mayor Brian Ramey and his supporters also made her question her support of Susan Ramey.
“They kept on, and I said I wasn’t going to be involved in this and that you’re more corrupt than they are,” she said.
Susan Ramey emailed a response to The Journal about Noe’s rebuke.
“I welcome my constituents to look hard into my stances on issues and policies, my longstanding good reputation in my community and my dedication to education and understanding the need to revitalize Westminster financially and spiritually before making their choice for mayor,” she wrote.
Noe flips support
Noe also told The Journal she has endorsed current Mayor Brian Ramey in the upcoming November election.
Noe said during her time as a supporter of Susan Ramey, she didn’t give the mayor a fair shake.
“I didn’t give Brian a chance to defend himself at all with what was being said, and I just trusted that, until I was not doing what they needed me to do,” she said. “My thing was that if Susan can do things behind closed doors where the public can’t see, then I definitely don’t think she should be mayor, because I’ve caught her in lies and being deceitful and manipulative.”
Noe said that even if she were to lose her bid for a city council seat, she would support Brian Ramey if he were to remain mayor.
“At least with Brian, he’s out here in the open,” Noe said. “I have not seen anything they have accused him of that he had done. He’s actually been really quiet. At least we know as the public in general, this is who Brian is. The public doesn’t know Susan is doing all this behind closed doors.
“That makes it more dangerous when a woman can go and be manipulative and conniving and play off other people’s emotions. … Brian has not shown me any reason of why I can’t trust him, but Susan has.”
In August, Wendy Golten, Andrea Harbin, Noe and Victoria Roach all filed for city council on the same day as Susan Ramey did for mayor in a show of unity.
On Monday, Roach said she was not endorsing any candidate in the mayor’s race.
“I’m not on either side. I’m neutral,” Roach said. “I don’t have anything against anybody. I get along with everybody.”
Harbin and Golten both said this week they are still backing Susan Ramey.
Brian Ramey and Susan Ramey are not related.
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“I am sorry to the citizens, residents and supporters of Westminster,” Noe said in the video. “I am truly sorry for my actions, and what I mean by that is I came into this campaign with only listening to Susan Ramey and what her team members were saying. Susan Ramey had said she wanted to run a clean and honest and transparent campaign. The problem with that is that every time they saw something we had posted or others might have posted, we were to delete it. … Susan Ramey is not who she says she is.”
Noe said the relationship started to fracture when she disagreed with Ramey on her campaign proposal of a sick day bank for city workers.
“I didn’t agree with that, and they let me know that that night (to delete the post),” Noe said.
Noe said she was told by Ramey’s campaign supporters to delete any social media posts that criticized her, something she strongly disagreed with.
“I was not going to allow them to control me, because they kept saying I was bad-mouthing Susan in the open,” Noe said. “‘You’re not supposed to disagree with Susan ever where everybody can see it.’ So I said, ‘Are we not supposed to question her? Are we supposed to be her puppets?’ I said from the very beginning I will speak truth and speak action. That’s what the city needs — to be honest and transparent. We need to be transparent in everything we do.”
Noe said allegations of corruption against Mayor Brian Ramey and his supporters also made her question her support of Susan Ramey.
“They kept on, and I said I wasn’t going to be involved in this and that you’re more corrupt than they are,” she said.
Susan Ramey emailed a response to The Journal about Noe’s rebuke.
“I welcome my constituents to look hard into my stances on issues and policies, my longstanding good reputation in my community and my dedication to education and understanding the need to revitalize Westminster financially and spiritually before making their choice for mayor,” she wrote.
Noe flips support
Noe also told The Journal she has endorsed current Mayor Brian Ramey in the upcoming November election.
Noe said during her time as a supporter of Susan Ramey, she didn’t give the mayor a fair shake.
“I didn’t give Brian a chance to defend himself at all with what was being said, and I just trusted that, until I was not doing what they needed me to do,” she said. “My thing was that if Susan can do things behind closed doors where the public can’t see, then I definitely don’t think she should be mayor, because I’ve caught her in lies and being deceitful and manipulative.”
Noe said that even if she were to lose her bid for a city council seat, she would support Brian Ramey if he were to remain mayor.
“At least with Brian, he’s out here in the open,” Noe said. “I have not seen anything they have accused him of that he had done. He’s actually been really quiet. At least we know as the public in general, this is who Brian is. The public doesn’t know Susan is doing all this behind closed doors.
“That makes it more dangerous when a woman can go and be manipulative and conniving and play off other people’s emotions. … Brian has not shown me any reason of why I can’t trust him, but Susan has.”
In August, Wendy Golten, Andrea Harbin, Noe and Victoria Roach all filed for city council on the same day as Susan Ramey did for mayor in a show of unity.
On Monday, Roach said she was not endorsing any candidate in the mayor’s race.
“I’m not on either side. I’m neutral,” Roach said. “I don’t have anything against anybody. I get along with everybody.”
Harbin and Golten both said this week they are still backing Susan Ramey.
Brian Ramey and Susan Ramey are not related.
[email protected] | (864) 973-6685
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