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Council held a special meeting on Wednesday to evaluate LedAllegedly demanded $400,000 better’s performance under closed Woodside Town Manager Ja-
BY ADRIANA HERNANDEZ Daily Post Staff Writer
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son Ledbetter has been put on paid administrative leave after sending council a report alleging that he had been manipulated to stop subsidized housing projects and discriminated against. The town says Ledbetter demanded to be paid more than
$400,000 by midnight on Sunday to not release the report, according to an unsigned statement sent by City Clerk Jennifer Li. Council placed Ledbetter on leave on Wednesday after receiving a 14-page report from him on Tuesday alleging that Mayor Brian
Dombkowski and Mayor Pro Tem Paul Goeld did not want to move forward with low-income housing and were openly racist and sexist about other council members during meetings with him. He also alleged Councilwoman Jenn Wall bullied him for being a man.
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EX-PRINCE ARRESTED: The former Prince Andrew was arrested and held for hours by British police on suspicion of misconduct in public office related to his links to Jeffrey Epstein. The arrest yesterday was an extraordinary move in a country where authorities once sought to shield the royal family from embarrassment. It was the first time in nearly four centuries that a senior British royal was placed under arrest. King Charles III said the law must take its course. SUNNYVALE SHOOTING: Two men were injured in a shooting in Sunnyvale on Wednesday, according to the city’s Department of Public Safety. Officers responded around 3:55 p.m. to a report of a shooting in the 1000 block of Stewart Drive, to find a man suffering from at least one gunshot wound, and he was taken to a hospital. A short time later, a second man with a gunshot wound was dropped off at Valley Health Center Sunnyvale. Both victims are expected to survive their injuries. LIU’S GOLD: Alysa Liu won Olympic gold for the U.S. in women’s figure skating, ending a 24-year [See THE UPDATE, page 4] 24793 NORTHCREST LANE
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