Salem residents deserve a mayor who serves the public interest, not special interests. Since taking office, Mayor Julie Hoy has demonstrated a troubling pattern of ethics violations and conflicts of interest that undermine trust in our city government.

• Expensive Campaign, Questionable Loyalties
  Mayor Hoy's election came after the most expensive mayoral race in Salem's history, with wealthy special interests spending over $300,000 to secure a volunteer, unpaid position. This raises serious questions about who she truly represents.
  
  
• Ethics Violations
  Before even being sworn in, Mayor-Elect Hoy was censured by the Salem City Council for violating Section 62 of the Salem City Charter, preventing members of Council from making decisions involving campaign donors of $501 or more. She failed to recuse herself from a decision that directly benefited one of her campaign donors.
  
  
• Serial Communication Scandal
  Within one month of taking office, Mayor Hoy violated Oregon law by orchestrating serial communications with every City Council member about removing our former city manager. This illegal coordination has now triggered Salem's first-ever widespread ethics investigation of the City Council.
  
  
• Costly Deception
  The state ethics investigation showed Mayor Hoy lied to Council President Nishioka about the results of her serial communications, falsely claiming that a majority of councilors supported the city manager's resignation. In fact, only Mayor Hoy wanted him gone.
  
  Julie Hoy's BIG LIE cost us a capable city manager who wasn't given a fair opportunity to improve. It also cost us $250,000 in severance payments and destroyed our trust her leadership.
  
  

Sign this petition to call on Mayor Julie Hoy to resign immediately!

Your signature matters. By adding your name to this petition, you're joining fellow Salem residents in demanding the ethical leadership our city deserves.

Salem has given Mayor Hoy multiple chances to demonstrate ethical leadership. Instead, we've seen a consistent pattern of putting donors before constituents and personal interests before the public good.

Think of it this way: Julie Hoy's colleagues on City Council can't even trust a conversation with her after recent state ethics investigation findings. It is unreasonable for Salem to tolerate another year of Julie Hoy's poor judgment.

Sign this petition to demand accountability. Mayor Julie Hoy must go.

Real change happens when residents like you refuse to accept business as usual. Salem's strength has always been its people. Together, we can restore trust and integrity to Salem's leadership.