Millcreek City Council unanimously adopts resolution calling for Natalie Cline’s resignation
MILLCREEK, Utah (ABC4) — At a meeting on Monday night, the Millcreek City Council unanimously passed a resolution to call for the resignation of State School Board Member Natalie Cline following her controversial comments on social media.
The passing of the resolution makes Millcreek one of the many groups speaking out against Cline following her actions on social media, after Cline posted a photo on social media and publicly questioned whether a high school athlete was transgender.
The resolution that was passed by Millcreek is “demanding” Cline resign immediately in order to “own up to her actions.”
“Unfortunately, Board Member Cline has shown us, over and over again, that she doesn’t represent the people who have elected her,” Councilmember Silvia Catten said at Monday’s meeting.
Cline has already been formally and repeatedly reprimanded by the State School Board, according to the resolution.
“I’m afraid for our community and for our state, that this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Councilmember Thom DeSirant said at the meeting. “While this was a case of a cisgender child being targeted as trans, I think we have to be really, really careful about the trans children who are targeted by this as well.”
Millcreek is joining the voices of Utah Democrats and the Granite School District, both groups that have recently expressed their disapproval of Cline’s comments and called for her resignation.
The resolution states that “this is not the first time Board Member Cline has made false,
inflammatory, divisive, and unfair social media posts about our public schools, students, and
teachers.”
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The student’s parents have also spoken out about the situation, calling for Cline to face serious consequences after saying Cline’s posting led to adults bullying their child.
“Our job, as adults, is to protect our kids, to empower our kids, and to really support them,” Mayor Pro Tempore Bev Uipi said on Monday.
Cline’s post — which was later deleted — was met with backlash as the comment section turned intense, prompting Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Diedre Henderson to release a joint statement on Feb. 7 saying Cline “embarrassed the state of Utah.”
The resolution passed by Millcreek says Cline’s post “encouraged online vitriol and threats in the comments” and put the targeted student and her family in danger.
“I’m honored to join the Granite School District in their call to action for this particular resolution,” Uipi said at the meeting.
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