They have also criticized local Democratic Party officials for endorsing Summers when he opposes abortion, a main position of the state party platform. This time it is pastor Anthony Summers 's candidacy that has alarmed a number of the city's LGBT residents, who have been vocally campaigning against him. Two years later the winner of that contest, Mayor Osby Davis, was forced to apologize for an interview with a New York Times columnist where he said gay people were 'committing sin.' He insisted his comments were taken out of context, and despite his apology, faced calls for the council to censure him. Several gay men have served on its city council, and former councilman Gary Cloutier was briefly declared the winner of Vallejo's 2007 mayoral race before a recount seven days later pushed him out of office. The bayside enclave in southern Solano County has long attracted LGBT people seeking cheaper housing, as the Bay Area Reporter noted in a 2008 Pride issue article. The decision by a pastor in Vallejo with a checkered past when it comes to LGBT issues to this year seek a city council seat has once again thrust the Bay Area city into the headlines.
