https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/05/01/council-removes-commissioner-who-said-let-nature-take-its-course/ > At a special meeting Friday night, the Antioch City Council unanimously removed Ken Turnage from the planning commission for declaring on social media that nature should “take its course” as the coronavirus kills the weak, the old and the homeless. > “The impact of commissioner Turnage’s statements on his Facebook post have caused unnecessary damage during a time of extreme difficulty for this community and for the state and our nation as we deal with extreme consequences, loss of life, severe illness, economic fallout,” Mayor Pro Tem Joy Motts said during the three-hour meeting, which drew about 100 public comments, most of them denouncing the planning commission chairman’s views.