April 27, 2020 09:35 AM UTC

At Least He's Not Your Cat-Tossing Local Official

• 7 Comments
• by: Colorado Pols

In another edition of our regular feature “At Least They’re Not Your Legislator,” we take you to California, where one local official has lost his position after a particularly weird appearance during a “virtual” meeting on Zoom.

As the Vallejo Times Herald reports:

Chris Platzer said in an email to the Vallejo Times-Herald on Saturday that he has resigned from the Vallejo Planning Commission, effectively immediately — days before the Vallejo City Council was set to consider a resolution removing him from the seven-person commission…

…Platzer was seen drinking a beer and throwing his cat through the air during a commission meeting held via teleconference on April 20. [Pols emphasis]

Wait, what?

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the commission held an online meeting to discuss the Fairview at Northgate project, which includes a new 152,000-square-foot Costco building, 178 homes, plus a 27,500-square-foot commercial center, and a 5.7-acres of open space that will divide the commercial section and homes.

During one point in the meeting, Platzer states that “I’d like to introduce my cat,” and then picks up the animal before throwing the cat off-screen. [Pols emphasis]

According to the Vallejo Times Herald, Platzer was acting erratically during the entire meeting and appeared to be drinking alcohol.

Anyway, the next time you’re worried about your messy home office in the background of your “virtual” meetings this week, just remember: Don’t throw a cat.