The Anaheim City Council voted unanimously Aug. 24 to open the application process to fill former Councilmember Jordan Brandman’s seat. Brandman resigned Aug. 5 citing “career and personal” reasons, following the publicization of inappropriate texts he sent to former Councilmember Denise Barnes in Feb. 2020. “Like for most, there are periods in our lives when we are faced with competing career and personal priorities. For that reason, I have decided it is in the best interest of me and my family to focus on them at this time,” Brandman said in his resignation letter. Barnes confronted Brandman during public comments at the July 20 council meeting; however, Brandman was not present during the public comments section of the meeting. She described the text as “the most violent and vile words ever spoken by a politician to her in Anaheim.” “We hold you to a higher standard,” Barnes said to the …