Uvalde mayor abruptly resigns, citing health concerns, ahead of City Council meeting

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Source: USA Today

Published 9:00 p.m. ET April 1, 2024 | Updated 9:13 p.m. ET April 1, 2024


AUSTIN, Texas — Uvalde Mayor Cody Smith abruptly resigned from office Monday, citing undisclosed health concerns after having secured the position in November in an election inextricably linked to the 2022 mass shooting at Robb Elementary School.

"I want to thank members of the Uvalde community for their thoughts and prayers during my ongoing recovery from unexpected medical issues I have experienced in recent weeks" Smith said in announcing his immediate resignation Monday.

The resignation comes a day before the Uvalde City Council is scheduled to meet and discuss a matter possibly related to the report about the Robb Elementary School shooting. Last month, former Uvalde Police Chief Daniel Rodriguez abruptly stepped down less than a week after a city-commissioned report absolved department leadership and responding officers of wrongdoing in the 2022 school attack.

Smith previously served as Uvalde’s mayor from 2008 to 2012 and was reelected in a special election in November in which he defeated Kimberly Mata-Rubio, a gun control advocate and mom to Lexi, a 10-year-old who was killed last year in the Robb Elementary School mass shooting — Texas' deadliest school shooting that left 19 students and two teachers dead. Smith said the city's Mayor Pro-Tem Everardo Zamora will step in as mayor until a new top official is elected in November.

Read more: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/01/uvalde-mayor-cody-smith-resigns-robb-elementary-school-shooting/73173548007/

[2naSalit]

1. Sounds like...

Something hinky is going on there.

[Trueblue Texan]

2. "Texas' deadliest school shooting..."

Sounds like a competition.

[AZLD4Candidate]

6. it is to gun humpers.

[Wonder Why]

3. Lead allergies?

[Hekate]

4. Felt sick to his stomach, did he?

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

5. they are just now stepping down? I though the mayor and police chief would be long gone

[BumRushDaShow]

7. He wasn't mayor when it happened, he only came back after a November special election to replace the previous mayor

Smith previously served as Uvalde’s mayor from 2008 to 2012 and was reelected in a special election in November

I.e., he had been out of office for over a decade before returning after that tragedy. The previous mayor, Don McLaughlin, left last summer to run for a state House seat, so that triggered the special election.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

8. oh ok. thx

[BumRushDaShow]

9. No problem!

[hunter]

10. The mother of a victim and gun control advocate didn't win the election...

... the city commissioned report absolving the police department passed, job done.