Tania Fernandes Anderson, it’s time to go.

The District 7 councilor was indicted Friday on public corruption charges — five counts of aiding and abetting wire fraud and one count of aiding and abetting theft concerning a program receiving federal funds, according to court records and a publicly available indictment.

When news broke last week that she was the subject of a federal investigation, Fernandes Anderson vowed to stay in office and “show up and fight” for her constituents, adding that she was grateful for the “faith and trust” that she said her constituents have continued to place in her.

Trust needs to be earned. Trust needs to be upheld. Trust must not be abused.

This isn’t Fernandes Anderson’s first wrongdoing rodeo. Last year she admitted to violating the state’s conflict of interest law by hiring her sister and son to paid positions on her staff, and agreed to pay a $5,000 fine.

Strike one.

Last month, after violating “multiple provisions” of state campaign finance law, she agreed to pay $1,750 to the state to settle the matter, according to the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance.

Strike two.

And now, she is alleged to have pocketed $7,000 from a $13,000 bonus she doled out to a relative, but “not an immediate family member” she had hired in late 2022 as a paid member of her Council staff, according to the federal indictment.

Strike three.

Of course Fernandes Anderson is innocent until proven guilty, but her latest battle is another kick in the face to the council and city, to say nothing of her constituents.

“When her constituents elected Ms. Fernandes Anderson, she had a fundamental obligation to act with the utmost integrity,” said U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy. “Public service is a privilege, and all of us in public service service have a duty to act with integrity and fairness in all that we do.”

That’s been lacking in government lately, from President Biden’s pardon of son Hunter after vowing that he’d do no such thing, to the debacle over the availability of city financial data critical to a vote on Mayor Michelle Wu’s tax shift petition.

Constituents deserve transparency. Constituents deserve integrity.

City officials know the damage Fernandes Anderson’s latest charges is wreaking on the city, and they’re not having it. Mayor Wu, City Council president Ruthzee Louijeune, and Councilors Gabriela Coletta Zapata, Sharon Durkan, Ed Flynn, and Erin Murphy are all calling for her resignation.

“Given the severity of the allegations brought against her, and the direct impact that they have on residents’ ability to see the Boston City Council as their faithful stewards, it is in the best interest of the body that she resign. This would allow the legal process to unfold without undue disruption to the body,” Louijeune said in a statement.

Staying on the council to “fight” will do nothing productive but allow Fernandes Anderson’s paychecks to continue. Her salary stands at $115,000, that’s a big chunk of change to give up.

But there are more important things than securing a hefty salary, particularly if one is in public office.

Tania Fernandes Anderson should put her constituents, the council and the city first and resign.

Editorial cartoon by Steve Kelley (Creators Syndicate)