Also at tonight’s Town Council meeting, outgoing chair George Lewis went out with a bang, calling for fellow councilmembers Ken Balder and Steve Lamb to resign from the council.

Lewis said that the council is “divided and fractured,” and blamed that division on personal “hatred” between Balder and Lamb.  “The two of you should resign — it is time for the two of you to step down, and say goodbye,” Lewis said, to scattered applause.

Lamb left the meeting a short time later without announcement.  During the census tract reports, Lewis said that “Steve Lamb has resigned his seat on the Altadena Town Council …  he has agreed, and I have spoken to him earlier  Steve has taken the high road and he accepts walking away at this time.”

Lamb sent out a frequently-bitter email tonight, saying in part,

For nineteen miserable years I was insulted, lied to, lied about, harassed, and endured all manner of disgusting behavior by people who were quite frankly, not sane or stable enough to to be voted into membership in a sports car club, let alone represent a community …

It is true that I was begged to run last year in spite of my desire not to do so. Lots of people wanted me to run. all of the people I have spoken to over the last three months about resigning has told me my work was too important for me to do so, but it was not important enough for them to take upon them some of the burden when I asked for help. This is a burden no person should have to bear decade after decade.

I look forward to what is left of my life as a private person. There are cars to restore, houses to build, Organic Architecture to advocate for, silent movies to be seen, and relatives to enjoy.