Orange City mayor’s attempt to remove clerk fails after residents rally in support

Orange City mayor’s attempt to remove clerk fails after residents rally in support

A bid by Orange City’s mayor to remove the city clerk failed Friday night after a packed special meeting where every resident who spoke urged the council to keep her in the job.The meeting was called after what city officials described as an escalating email exchange between City Clerk Kaley Burleson and Mayor Kellie Marks. In those emails, Burleson accused the mayor of creating a hostile work environment and retaliating against her for using pa…