Temecula’s new Mayor Matt Rahn is presented with a large hammer by outgoing Mayor Maryann Edwards during the Jan. 18 Temecula City Council meeting. Valley News/Courtesy photo
Temecula began the new year by passing the gavel from outgoing mayor, Maryann Edwards, to incoming mayor, Matt Rahn, at the Jan. 18 city council meeting. Rahn acknowledged to the public that Edwards has served as mayor in 2009, 2014, 2017 and 2021.In jest, during a presentation in front of the dais, Edwards handed the new mayor a large hammer she deemed more fitting than the gavel, “In honor of you as the incoming mayor, I thought it would be more fitting for you to have a gavel, well hammer, that is more becoming of your stature and your intelligence.”Rahn kicked off his term as mayor by recognizing those who served the city on boards and commissions for five years or more. Councilmember James Stewart and Commissioner Bradley Sullivan were given pins for five years of service,
