A Cape Cod city official has apologized after getting caught on a scorching microphone on the finish of a particular city assembly saying “God, I’m sick of these people.”
Yarmouth Choose Board member Joyce Flynn made the remark throughout a non-binding vote on whether or not residents supported relocating a small pumping station away from an iconic cranberry bathroom and farmstand.
Chris Wilson, operator of Contemporary From the Vine, and his father Brian Wilson, co-owner of the 36-acre land alongside Route 28, say they imagine the remark represents a direct assault on their livelihood and the assist they’ve acquired throughout a combat with the city.
“It amazes me that we have no support from any of them, none at all,” Brian Wilson informed the Herald on Saturday. “Not only do we have zero support but they bad mouth as well. It’s just incredible.”
Flynn, in her first time period, issued a written apology to residents, posted in town web site on Thursday.
“I would like to apologize to Yarmouth residents for a remark I made near the end of the Monday, December 9th Special Town Meeting,” Flynn wrote.
“In frustration when someone shouted an objection to hand counting the votes,” she added, “I made an unguarded comment. I apologize for my expression of impatience. I remain committed to serving the residents of Yarmouth and ensuring our meetings are spaces where everyone feels valued and heard.”
Over 1,000 residents signed a petition prompting the Wilsons’ request for officers to determine on another web site for the pumping station to be mentioned at a particular city assembly. The vote, nonetheless, ended up being non-binding, with officers saying the situation had already been settled.
“There is no acceptable response to that,” Chris Wilson informed the Herald. “That’s not how a town official is supposed to be.”
Yarmouth officers have developed plans to construct the pumping station on a close-by property as a part of a $207.2 million wastewater undertaking that voters accepted at a city assembly within the spring of 2023.
The pumping station is designed to be lower than 200 sq. ft, which “aims to restore water quality and protect local ecosystems,” City Administrator Robert Whritenour informed the Herald. It will be underneath separate possession and would “not intrude upon the cranberry bog or the Farm Stand,”
The undertaking presents “massive” dangers to his harvesting operations, “not to mention the obstruction it will be to the farmstand which is our main source of income,” Chris Wilson mentioned in an interview with Herald. He generates roughly $40,000 to $50,000 yearly from the stand.
“What’s been put out in public has been a little bit frustrating because it’s been made to make people believe that we aren’t supporting farming and that we are trying to impact the cranberry bog,” Choose Board member Tracy Publish mentioned. “That is very far from the case.”
