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BREAKING: Interim Ojai City Manager Resigns Due to “Discord”

Mark Scott is going home. And he's not coming back

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Andra Belknap
Nov 14, 2023
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Here we go again.

This story was updated at 4:20 p.m. Nov. 14th to include statements from Mayor Betsy Stix and Councilwoman Rachel Lang.

I’m breaking form today to bring you big news from the City of Ojai. In an email sent to City Council members just after midnight on November 14th — following a closed session meeting on November 13th  — Interim City Manager Mark Scott confirmed that he’s leaving Ojai, and he’s not coming back.

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