The mayor of Colorado, Texas, who made headlines after telling residents during a winter blast “no one owes you or your family anything” resigned from his post on Wednesday due to the setback over the comments.
Colorado City manager David Hoover told NBC News that Tim Boyd has resigned. Boyd said earlier that he was “sick and tired of people looking for handouts. He also wrote that ‘Only the strong will survive and the weak will gather. [sic]. “
The Dallas Morning News reports that Boyd said he wrote the Facebook message as a private citizen, not as the mayor of Colorado City. CBS DFW reported that he said his wife was ‘fired’ after the comments.
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Weather-related disruptions have been particularly stubborn in Oregon, where some customers have been without power for nearly a week.
The worst disruptions in the US were by far in Texas, where 3 million homes and businesses were left without power Wednesday afternoon.
Associated Press contributed to this report