LANCASTER – Citing the need to focus on his church and family, Darrell Dorris has resigned from the Lancaster City Council, city officials announced.
Lancaster Mayor R. Rex Parris, who appointed Dorris to the Council in December of 2019, stated: “Darrell, your presence on the council will be deeply missed. Over the years, we’ve built a strong bond. Our debates have been both challenging and rewarding, all with the shared goal of improving our city. I genuinely hope you remain engaged in our community’s affairs. We honor your decision to prioritize your family and church and wish you all the best in your future endeavors.”
A resident of the Antelope Valley since 1998, Dorris previously served as Lancaster’s Deputy Mayor. He is the pastor of Living Faith Cathedral in Lancaster.
“I have a wonderful church of over 1,000 members that attend here,” Dorris said. “To our council leadership, Rex and Marvin, you guys have been great men to work with and I appreciate you. Thank you. To those of you that voted for me, thank you. To those of you that didn’t vote for me, thank you, you kept me on my knees and you kept me reading my word. Thank you for letting me serve this city.”
In accordance with local regulations, the process to fill the vacancy will begin in the coming weeks.
[Information via news release from the city of Lancaster.]
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E|R says
Kinda new to Lancaster politics as there’s never been any change nor proper forum to voice concerns, build alliance, or even participate/volunteer in some meaningful way.
Lancaster Mafia: Name Them, & Affiliations, Businesses
We gotta know all the facts (less opinions and name calling)
-document suspicious activity
-witnesses and documentation
-insider business deals
-boycott Bad Businesses
-Organize your communities
-start a coalition, Committee, Campaign
-I stop disinformation
-reference and quite from sources
-use technology, apps, social media
-Stakeholder registry orgs, businesses, leaders, individuals… ad-naseum
-Use tools/forums/wiki
Ooen to all for benefit of all citizens in Lancaster past and future.
Check yer ego – destroy it – often.
Iconoclast says
Come, Spring 2024, the mayor and, at least two, council members can be voted out.
L Baca says
The city has more of a say than you just represented. Part of our public Safety challenge is to get the elected officials to quit micro-managing the Sheriff on things they know very little about. Lancaster needs a new community public safety plan.
Siri Ous says
The only viable “community public safety plan” is for Lancaster and Palmdale to buy a bunch of land out in California City and build residential units out there, and then encourage the detritus to move.
On the bright side, they are building tons and tons of low-income housing and apartment units in Las Vegas, NV right now. In addition, the federal government recently also released a bunch of land to around the area to be developed with the stipulation that low income units be the priority. The sooner they get this done, the more undesirables we can unload and the happier all of us will be.
Aubray McPherson- Previous 2020 Mayoral Candidate says
Undesirables? They are people just like you and me. Maybe the next time you see one try offering them a job.
We should all be asking ourselves and the city about why the Kensington Center is failing.
We each play a role when it comes to demanding our local leaders to do their d*mn jobs.
Both cities should be working together to build 2 treatment facilities and centers to get people off the streets.
But don’t be so nieve to think that the City Council Members don’t want more poverty, because the greater the poverty is here the more money city leader can claim they need.
Undesirable!?! The only thing that is undesirable is poor leadership and leaders who pocket county and state funding for meaningless projects that don’t build real solutions
Lancaster Truth says
Good points, Aubray. Unfortunately, the Lancaster Mafia doesn’t want anyone who they can’t control to have any part of their ‘business dealings’. This next election we need ONE and only ONE candidate to run against the mayor and his two puppets up for re-election. The Lancaster Mafia will try to dilute the race by having their usual ‘schills’ run against them. But the hard working people of Lancaster need to rally around ONE viable candidate and try to take this city back from the mess it is in due to the corrupt and incompetent leadership.
Neppy Tism says
Lancaster needs more than a new community public safety plan, L Baca. Lancaster needs a new mayor, vice mayor and three new councilpeople.
Ruby Williams says
Thank you for your service. Wish you could stay part-time . But guess you have to move on. And king someone else. Prayers for the next person that replaces you in office . Things goes as well as your term. I really did not get a chance to know all your terms in office , But never the less You did good to hold it down these years. May God continue to keep you strong and in good health to carry on your next journey. Stay bless. And enjoy your future duties ahead of you.
Mrs. Underwood says
This is how they keep the public from picking who represents them on this Council, they do this every time. Appoint then re-elect the appointment. Sad example of democracy.
Fred B. Ingles says
There is no democracy in Lancaster. It is and has been controlled by a small group of power brokers who control every board and make every decision that benefits the select few. We can only hope that people are talking to the FBI and filling them in on the details of all the shady deals, land sales, no bid contracts, serial meetings, and misuse of funds.
Rudy G. says
Don’t hold your breath about being held accountable, these are connected people with the means to challenge any effort to hold them responsible. Sad and very trump like behavior is killing our justice system.
David Paul says
It’s sad that a good man who demonstrated exceptional leadership after the WinCo use of force incident that nearly destroyed the progress the Sheriff’s Department has made over the last 10 years in community relations was so badly treated for merely asking for patience until all the facts were in. I hope the race hustlers who rush to the cameras to decry racism, real and imagined, can process what they did in their zeal to show what big time community leaders they are; they got it wrong and drove off our only elected black Councilman to stage a hopeless stunt of demanding a black Captain be appointed to the Lancaster station at the last City Council meeting. They lacked the knowledge to know that it’s not how it works. Our city doesn’t have the final say in the matter!
Mark says
I see them as visitors and unwanted guests who will soon be forced to move due to their horrible future-time orientation and lack of planning and financial acumen. They make the worst neighbors and citizens in general and they don’t care about anything to do with the community unless it personally effects them. They can all pack up and move to California City or Victorville and let us be less miserable here.