The mayor of a small Alabama town is being asked to resign by city council members following inflammatory remarks he made on his Facebook page that he has since apologized for
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In posts that have been since deleted, Carbon Hill Mayor Mark Chambers posted about the"killing" of LGBT people last Friday, according to CNN affiliate WBRC. Carbon Hill is a small town of fewer than 2,000 people about 55 miles northwest of Birmingham.
— Brittany Dionne June 5, 2019 The mayor earlier this week said he would not resign, according to the Daily Mountain Eagle newspaper in nearby Jasper.Herron also said the public response on Facebook and Twitter was unjust. "There's one negative thing that happens in this town and a thousand positives. It's a shame that it takes something like this to be in the spotlight for a great small town like this," Herron said. CNN's Amir Vera contributed to this report.
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