Myrlie Evers Resigns From Public Works Post
Myrlie Evers has resigned as a commissioner on the Los Angeles Board of Public Works, citing physical limitations resulting from an injury she suffered last year, Mayor Tom Bradley announced Monday.
Bradley simultaneously announced the appointment of civil rights activist and former City Hall aide John Murray as her replacement.
In a letter she wrote to Bradley last month, Evers, widow of slain civil rights figure Medger Evers, said her physician recommended that she resign because of the lingering effects of her injury.
Evers has served on the five-member board since July, 1987, and recently was elected its president pro tem.
The Board of Public Works supervises the 6,000-employee Department of Public Works, which provides sanitation, construction, engineering and other services.
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