Wunderlich’s selection as mayor neither the first, nor the worst, example of contention on the Murrieta City Council

When Gene Wunderlich, who was appointed to the Murrieta City Council to fill former councilman Randon Lane’s vacant seat just three months ago, was selected to be the city’s mayor in a 3-2 vote, it came as an apparent surprise to Jonathan Ingram and Kelly Seyarto, the two council members who voted against his appointment. At the Dec. 17 council meeting where Councilmember Christi White made the motion to give the mayor position to Wunderlich, former Mayor Kelly Seyarto commented that he “kind of had a different idea,” though he made no other motions. When White, Wunderlich and Scott Vinton voted to make Wunderlich mayor – in a move that also made Vinton the mayor pro tem – Seyarto offered his congratulations to Wunderlich despite his “no” vote.  “Your service t
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