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First half of the article:

>The mayor of Anaheim’s chief of staff alleges that her boss referred to her using a racist term and asked inappropriate questions about her perceived sexual identity, according to a confidential letter seeking mediation with the city.

>Berenice Ballinas made the allegations against Mayor Ashleigh Aitken in a Sept. 11 letter signed by her lawyer and sent to the city attorney. The four-page letter, reviewed by TimesOC, alleges Ballinas sometimes drove Aitken home from city functions when the mayor had been drinking alcohol.

>“On various occasions when Ms. Ballinas was forced to drive Mayor Aitkin [sic] home, Mayor Aitkin [sic] exclaimed that she did ‘not want her car driven by a dirty Mexican,’” employment attorney Lawrence Lennemann asserted in his mediation request to Anaheim City Atty. Robert Fabela.

>Aitken, who is seeking a second term as mayor in November, did not answer calls or texts for comment. Fabela couldn’t be reached.

>“We’re reviewing the issues raised,” said Anaheim city spokesman Mike Lyster. “We want to respect all involved with nothing else to share at this time.”

>The letter details a June lunch at Disneyland’s exclusive Club 33 followed by a visit to California Adventure’s 1901 Lounge.

>Aitken questioned her chief of staff’s sexuality in front of other people, the letter claims. She also allegedly made comments about a Disney worker’s perceived sexual orientation and ethnicity.

>“Mayor Aitken’s conduct was so concerning that, as a result, the City’s own business partner, Disney, suspended a third party’s Club 33 membership and at least two Disney employees separately complained about the Mayor’s conduct,” the letter asserts.

Our Rule 3 here on r/presidents doesn’t allow discussions of recent presidents, which is reasonable.

The Presidents Group on Facebook is bizarre in that it doesn't allow discussion of Obama. The discussions of Obama aren't anywhere near the level of vitriol that would warrant his inclusion in Rule 3.

I just want to express appreciation to the admins here at r/presidents for the reasonableness and balance of Rule 3. Unlike the ridiculous standard of The Presidents Group on Facebook.

• Bing Concert Hall
• Bing Wing of Green Library
• Bing Overseas Studies Program
• Bing Stanford in Washington Program
• Bing Presidential Professorship

> Bing became drawn to public service while an undergraduate. In 1954, he and Dianne Goldman, the future California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, were elected president and vice president, respectively, of the student body. > > After graduating from Stanford with a degree in humanities, Bing earned a medical degree at Cornell and a master's in public health from Harvard. He met his future wife, Helen Popovich, while working as a young doctor. The couple spent their first years of marriage in Washington, D.C., where Bing held positions in the Kennedy White House. He later served as executive director of the Presidential Commission on Health Manpower during the Johnson administration.

> Peter Bing became increasingly involved as a Stanford volunteer and philanthropist after moving to Southern California in 1967 and taking over his family's real estate business. He was elected to the Stanford University Board of Trustees in 1970 and served for more than three decades, including a term as chair. He also was a member of the presidential search committee that recommended Gerhard Casper as Stanford's ninth president. > > He played a pivotal role in some of Stanford's most ambitious fundraising efforts – the Centennial Campaign (1986–92), the Campaign for Undergraduate Education (2001–05), and The Stanford Challenge (2006–11) – traversing the globe to engage with alumni, parents, and friends at Stanford events. With his trademark eloquence, he actively encouraged others to step forward to help advance the university’s mission during these efforts.

>Gordon S. Wood, the eminent and prolific scholar who forged a highly influential and sharply debated narrative of the country’s early years of independence through such prize-winning works as “The Creation of the American Republic” and “The Radicalism of the American Revolution,” has died. He was 92.

Wood, a professor emeritus at Brown University, died Sunday after being struck by a car in a supermarket parking lot in East Providence, Rhode Island, according to police.