BAY CITY, MI – Andrea Burney-Obershaw, an often-polarizing figure on the Bay City Commission, has submitted a letter of resignation to fellow commissioners as well as city staff.

Burney-Obershaw, 62, previously indicated on social media that she intended to resign at the Monday, Aug. 18, city commission meeting as the city’s 3rd Ward Commission. An item on the agenda for that meeting is a resolution seeking to censure Burney-Obershaw and seek misdemeanor charges against her for what city officials described as repeated violations of the city charter.

In her letter of resignation, the commissioner indicated she would resign immediately following a vote on prohibiting no-knock warrants .

“It’s been my honor to be able to serve the people of the City of Bay City Michigan,” the commissi

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