{"id":265911,"date":"2025-11-02T00:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-02T00:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/265911\/"},"modified":"2025-11-02T00:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-02T00:17:08","slug":"evansville-mayor-machado-announces-her-immediate-resignation-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/265911\/","title":{"rendered":"Evansville Mayor Machado announces her immediate resignation Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

EVANSVILLE, Wyo. \u2014 After five years with the city, Evansville Mayor Candace Machado announced her intention to immediately resign from her position on Facebook<\/a> Saturday.<\/p>\n

The mayor began her statement by clarifying that she is extremely proud of the decisions she\u2019s made and the leadership she has brought to Evansville since being elected to the town council five years ago.<\/p>\n

Over the course of her tenure with the city, however, she was witness to \u201ca system that is broken, a state that would rather fall backwards than forward, greed, power, control, back door deals and people in positions wanting you to \u2018keep with the status quo\u2019 so we don\u2019t create waves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe political system is built on \u2018being seen and not heard,\u2019 and if you are heard in Wyoming you better say and do the right thing,\u201d Machado said in her statement. \u201cIf you don\u2019t \u2019fall in line,\u2019 then you will be quietly silenced or ignored.\u201d<\/p>\n

Machado has been with the community through many recent community achievements, which she highlighted as a point of pride through the last few years. This includes the town\u2019s recent 100-year anniversary celebration and the establishment of a new animal shelter.<\/p>\n

She has more recently been at the center of controversy and demands for her resignation. After approving the planting of pride flags around city property during Pride Month in June of 2025, some Evansville residents charged that she had politicized her position and responded by drawing the swastika, a common Nazi symbol, with chalk outside town hall to make a point.<\/p>\n

Multiple town council sessions over the course of the summer were attended by residents who continued to call for her to vacate her position.<\/p>\n

The mayor even received criticism within the town council itself as well, with councilmember Greg Flesvig calling for her resignation and claiming that the pride flags were \u201cantagonistic\u201d towards residents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have always fought for equality and inclusive thinking and I will continue to do that as a social worker, activist, advocate, business owner, and human being,\u201d Machado explained in her announcement.<\/p>\n

Machado fielded those criticisms of her office for months. Now, however, she will no longer \u201csupport or be a part of a system that fosters silence, discrimination, sexism, religious preference, racism, bigotry, harassment, adult bullying, staff lies, stalking, lying, manipulation, or elected officials behaving inappropriately behind the scenes.\u201d<\/p>\n

She said that she will continue to use her page and influence as a channel for explaining the intricacies of local politics, relying on her five years with the town.<\/p>\n

\u201cSilence is why nothing changes,\u201d Machado said. \u201cStatus quo is why the truth never comes to light, and at the end of the day people will love or hate you so you might as well be fabulous and share the truth anyways.\u201d<\/p>\n

The full Facebook post can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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