Apr 30, 2020 15:00:00

Commissioner of city authorities “throws cat” throws resignation during Zoom meeting

With the epidemic of the new coronavirus infection (COVID-19), online meetings using Zoom, Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, etc. have become popular. Meanwhile, the city planning committee member of

Vallejo , California, who was attending the conference held at Zoom, was forced to resign because of the problem of 'throwing his cat'.

California commissioner resigns after he threw a cat during Zoom meeting
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California city official who threw cat and drank during video meeting resigns-CNN Politics
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On April 20, 2020, the City Planning Committee of the City of Vallejo held a meeting in Zoom to discuss local Costco construction plans and social distance strategies. Urban planning committee member Chris Platzer, who attended the conference, threw his cat during a publicly available conference.

The scene where Mr. Platzer actually throws his cat can be seen in the following movie.

Vallejo Official Tosses Cat During Zoom Meeting Then Resigns-YouTube


Platzer is on the screen. The bookshelf is reflected in the background, and it seems that they are participating in the Zoom conference from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the meeting, the moderator asked Mr. Platzer if there were any comments, and he heard the cat crying from outside the screen. When he noticed this, Mr. Platzer said, “I would like to introduce my cat,” holding the cat with both hands and projecting it on a webcam to introduce the cat to other committee members.

After that, Platzer threw a cat. From the other side of the screen, you can hear the cat crying and falling to the ground.

Suddenly, Platzer at the bottom left of the screen threw a cat at the end ...

The other committee members are also smiling.

In addition, it seems that Mr. Platzer has something that seems to be a bottle of alcohol, and there is a suspicion that he was drinking alcohol during the meeting.

The behavior that Platzer showed at the Zoom conference, which was open to the public online, was seriously problematic, said Vallejo city spokesman Christina Lee. Platzer will not tolerate the actions he took during the April 20 meeting. ' Mayor Bob Sampayan of Vallejo also requested the city council to immediately dismiss Platzer.

And on April 28, Mr. Platzer's immediate dismissal was agenda in the city council, and in response to this, Mr. Platzer submitted his resignation. `` We were seen to show behavior that did not model the core value of the city of Vallejo, '' city officials said of Platzer's actions, `` I was a city planner at the Zoom conference. I did not behave appropriately, 'and apologized for the inconvenience he caused.

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During the April 20 Vallejo Planning Commission meeting, one of the City's Planning Commissioners, Chris Platzer, was seen exhibiting behavior that does not model the core values of the City of Vallejo.At the request of Mayor Sampayan and Councilmember McConnell, an action item was placed on the April 28 City Council Meeting agenda that called for the immediate removal of Platzer from the Planning Commission.As of this afternoon, the City has received a formal resignation from Commissioner Platzer citing his behavior as not “… befitting of a planning commissioner… , ”Closing with an apology for any“ harm he may have inflicted ”through his actions. Many concerned citizens have reached out to both the City and the County with fears for the welfare of Mr. Platzer's cat, seen in the April 20 video meeting . The City of Vallejo contracts with the Solano County Sheriff's Office for Animal Control services including animal welfare investigations. The Sheriff's Office will take the lead in conducting an animal welfare investigation.

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