Mayor causes outrage by firing multiple people during first meeting in over a year

Mayor causes outrage by firing multiple people during first meeting in over a year | WPXI

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4 жыл бұрын

The mayor of Monessen showed up to a council meeting Monday night after missing every single one for the past 20 months. In his absence, two council members, the city administrator and solicitor essentially ran the city. But that all changed Monday.
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@duanekennard3298 3 жыл бұрын

If a city let's the Mayor do what he did..not show up for 2 years worth of meetings then everyone needs to be fired and the so called Mayor needs to be held accountable to repay the city for his absence.

@eh3477 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, would there be a process available to remove the mayor for a long term unexplained absence? The others should have raised red flags about the long absence.

@katekat1064 3 жыл бұрын

But why was he allowed to essentially collect a paycheck and yet not perform any work?

@miket7390 3 жыл бұрын

Cause the people voted for a party not a person. And I'll add that this question is valid for all of congress and the president as well.

@katekat1064 3 жыл бұрын

@@miket7390 true.... very true.

@jenniferbogacki2699 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome to politics...

@5josullivan 3 жыл бұрын

Because the other members accepted his absence without objection . Dont think for 1 min. it did not benefit them also. They ran the city with no objections of the Mayor. The Mayor, was fine with it . Why would he not ? He collected a check at someone elses efforts . Then the little ass wipe shows up. Guess it's time for them to wake up !

@chrisortiz8072 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe they liked having the power of mayor while he was gone and figured they could do more in general

@defensegeneral9893 3 жыл бұрын

that guy doesn't even look like a mayor, he looks like a college student

@timelessmusicfamilymusic9175 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe he's still in college trying to get his degree, that's why he miss all those meetings.

@ReinSouls 3 жыл бұрын

He's actually 29. But he got the boot from the voters last month.

@johndanielsforJesus 3 жыл бұрын

@@ReinSouls - Sounds like clearer heads prevailed! Where was dude all this time? In mommy's basement?

@jfox8531 3 жыл бұрын

@@ReinSouls great news! ty for the update

@maddawg4599 3 жыл бұрын

@@ReinSouls that is good news! Where can we find a story on this?

@norrislaitinen5011 3 жыл бұрын

You have a metro child for a mayor. Good job electing him lol.

@mick40jb 3 жыл бұрын

He lost the May primary---->The City of Monessen appears to have overwhelmingly voted for change as Ron Mozer has beaten incumbent Mayor Matt Shorraw by a wide margin.

@davidrichards9529 3 жыл бұрын

Why hasn’t he been removed if he missed all that? Could he really fire them if he wasn’t around for 2 years? Why can’t the people fire him?

@5josullivan 3 жыл бұрын

Good question ? Dont they have elections ? OH, wait... then again "Dominion". Paper ballots y'all, the only secure election.

@larrytierce6120 3 жыл бұрын

Is there a law to address it?

@chrisortiz8072 3 жыл бұрын

They were happy to take control of the town while he was gone. They had more power and could guide the town in the direction they felt was appropriate. If they got rid of him they may of gotten a mayor who actually did his job and control lost

@prufrok 3 жыл бұрын

because they like being able to act as the mayor, they were glad he wasn't there

@typoagain1 3 жыл бұрын

My city council meets twice a month. Attendance by the mayor, city manager, and every city council member is mandatory. Missing 3 meetings in a year will get you fired UNLESS the members vote to excuse you at each meeting.

@CowboyBillUSA 3 жыл бұрын

This is what happens when you hire a vindictive man-child to do a grown-up's job.

@robjohnson8522 2 жыл бұрын

You mean there are polititians out there that are NoT vindictive man-child(ren)? ;)

@MattKibblehouse 2 жыл бұрын

Two years go quick when you're getting pumped like an oil derrick in a backstreet bathhouse.

@briefintroduction4995 2 жыл бұрын

Great comment 👍

@chihuahuaman7025 2 жыл бұрын

Hahahahahha. That’s awesome!!!

@rgg7174 2 жыл бұрын

Looks and sounds like a pole smoker.

@SquirtJocky 2 жыл бұрын

Matt Kibblehouse and of course you know all about getting drilled behind the bathhouse because it seems that you have inside knowledge on this topic.

@scottskidmore8976 2 жыл бұрын

Uh oh I sense a homophobic triggering in your future

@robheskin 3 жыл бұрын

WHERE HAS THE MAYOR BEEN FOR TWO YEARS?!?!?!

@logancody8841 3 жыл бұрын

He's been taking leadership tutoring from Mayor deBlasio of New York.

@neoudi2024 3 жыл бұрын

Fishing 😂

@anderander5662 3 жыл бұрын

I would say dancing to techno music....

@X1.7 2 жыл бұрын

Quarantine

@robheskin 2 жыл бұрын

@@X1.7 Hasn't been everyone else? TWO YEARS?

@mikemcdonald9337 3 жыл бұрын

Well it's clear where he's been for over a year. He was in his parents basement where he lives playing his Xbox games. Until his parents finally got tired of him and threw him out.

@petebock7021 2 жыл бұрын

Ha!

@jayquellin4543 2 жыл бұрын

ahhaahahahahahahaahahahahahahahahhahahahahhhaahaha parents basement ahahahabbabahaabaahnahahbahahahannanahahahahahbahahahananhahaha xbox ahahahahahhahhahhahahahhahahahahahhahahahhahhahhhhahahahahhaah threw him out ahahahahahhaabhahahahahahahhahahahahahhahhahahhaahahahahhaahhaahah this is comedy GOLD

@SarahDigsHockey 3 жыл бұрын

You get what you vote for.

@pippipster6767 3 жыл бұрын

She was thinking, shall I wear blue today or black? I just can’t decide.

@RuleofFive 3 жыл бұрын

The Mayor hasn't show up for two years for City Council meetings???!!! Why hasn't this guy been removed from office before this? Another horrible politician.

@dwlopez57 3 жыл бұрын

Removing an elected official is a time consuming and difficult, sometimes nearly impossible task. Looks like they are stuck with him till the next election

@RuleofFive 3 жыл бұрын

@@dwlopez57 I’m sure it is. It is still complete negligence on his part.

@dwlopez57 3 жыл бұрын

@@RuleofFive 8 agree. If they can they should remove him, unfortunately like I said that takes time. But they definitely should not let him be rrelected. They also may want to consider some changes to the city charter

@RuleofFive 3 жыл бұрын

@@dwlopez57 You make a good point about changing the city charter to avoid this in the future. Imagine not showing up for your job for two years?

@paulfuray8557 3 жыл бұрын

They should have all voted that mayor out on a “vote of no confidence” Mayor couldn’t be bothered for 2 years, turns up fires 2 people. Yea, I’d be well pissed off. I’d have told mayor I don’t recognise his position. Also has that mayor just left school, youngest mayor I think I’ve ever seen.

@mikehoefer1827 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like he might just be the next president. Has all the qualifications

@janesmith4h 3 жыл бұрын

Literally.

@pjhey947 3 жыл бұрын

@John Beatsmith Not even close bud!

@pjhey947 3 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@robertsteele5257 3 жыл бұрын

Biden Harris Small Town version 🤣🤣🤣

@pjhey947 3 жыл бұрын

@John Beatsmith Yes I live in the suburbs of Washington D.C. (Vienna Va) highly democratic area and far from poor. We just care about our fellow Americans and want to help. Unlike you me me me Trumpsters

@390fordgalaxie 3 жыл бұрын

Millennial mayor was HIDING IN HIS HOUSE

@Quikly_S_Calate 3 жыл бұрын

Looks more like a gen x or gen z

@weltonvillegal6258 3 жыл бұрын

No way Gen X. We’re in our 50’s and late 40’s.Millennials are between us and our kids (Gen Z).

@rosettawilliams7959 3 жыл бұрын

Everyone else is trying to run and operate city’s business and punk mayor is playing games. Like “Hide and go Seek.”

@michaelcristiano7501 3 жыл бұрын

What kind citizenry would elect that person as mayor?

@cowboyx9380 3 жыл бұрын

Morons obviously…

@VogtTD 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of citizenry would elect an orange conman with a bad combover?

@acuraguy86 3 жыл бұрын

@@VogtTD still better than all traitor democrats.

@michaelcristiano7501 3 жыл бұрын

@@VogtTD, MY KIND!!!!!

@jeepthing98 3 жыл бұрын

I wanted to hear his response to "Where have you been?" and of course that's edited out. WTH!

@chrishopkins6144 3 жыл бұрын

pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/02/11/mayor-matt-shorraw-speaks-exclusively-with-kdka/ Here you go an interview with the mayor from over a year ago when this actually happened

@EvilSurroundsUs 3 жыл бұрын

@@chrishopkins6144 still no answers, but thank you for the link

@andrewfrey5562 2 жыл бұрын

@@EvilSurroundsUs he just claims he was investigating corruption. Sounds like he got in, realized he didn't have power to just change whatever he wanted and quit going to meetings because of it. I assume it hit him he could fired whoever he had power to in an attempt to get back power but idk

@NoMercy-qd7os 3 жыл бұрын

HE SHOULD HAVE ATTENDED THE MEETINGS

@toddgoodness8838 3 жыл бұрын

Shows up after two years of zero attendance, and Mr sweetpants thinks he owns the place. Someone needs to remind him the Cabaret isn't a full time job, ya wanna be mayor, act like it.

@Misterprepper 3 жыл бұрын

Electing trendy wannabe politicians based on certain orientations is okay I guess. But this is what you get.

@wfranklinbrinker3590 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@jaac7027 3 жыл бұрын

He's 10 years old. Your fault

@austinteutsch 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know where this town is, but in a small town I grew up in, if the Mayor didn't show up for 3 out of 4 monthly meeting done weekly, then he or she was OUT. Now if the Mayor gets no pay, that's another thing.

@martinvisokey8958 3 жыл бұрын

It's a small town in Pennsylvania about 30 to 45 minutes outside of Pittsburgh.

@sabsin5606 3 жыл бұрын

@@martinvisokey8958 Luckily he just lost in the primary election. It's a small town, but still, not showing up for 2 years is bizarre. It's even more strange because in a town that small, there's not really many places for him to hide. If you don't want to do the job, don't run for it. lmao It's not as if he's in it just for the salary... it's less than $5k per year.

@t.h.8475 3 жыл бұрын

It wouldn't matter if they weren't paying him anything. He obligated himself to the duties by accepting the job.

@salvagemonster3612 2 жыл бұрын

“It’s sounds like politics at play here” did she miss the part this was a city council meeting?

@incognito-yj4gu 3 жыл бұрын

You get the government you deserve.

@barefootiguana8471 3 жыл бұрын

When it comes to small towns this isn’t always the case unfortunately it’s often hard to learn much about the candidates

@sanansa4567 3 жыл бұрын

@@barefootiguana8471 very true and the voter turnout is so low.

@DavidLLambertmobile 3 жыл бұрын

The suburbs of Pittsburgh are a mess. They were bad in the 1990s and in 2020 the community has not changed much. 🙄

@theHAL9000 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe a case of a little power and authority, and suddenly ... I am the Supreme Commander.

@raymondpaddy7004 3 жыл бұрын

Ummmm, I feel like I need a bit more back-story (also, 20 months without showing up for work?????)

@Elijah1916_myhighway 3 жыл бұрын

Power is like alcohol, give a man too much, and he'll find a way to ruin something.

@gbjanuary 3 жыл бұрын

Give anybody too much power not just a man ❌

@boogerandfriends 3 жыл бұрын

I would love an update to this story.

@mick40jb 3 жыл бұрын

The City of Monessen appears to have overwhelmingly voted for change as Ron Mozer has beaten incumbent Mayor Matt Shorraw by a wide margin___05/19/2021

@tlongsword5185 3 жыл бұрын

But what exactly happened that drove him to come in and do that? Why were those two in particular targeted? This clip left a lot to the imagination.

@VogtTD 3 жыл бұрын

@Shane Plyler Of xourts idiots have to turn this into a millenial bashing exercise, as if millenials have a monopoly on bullshit.

@JR-zv6qm 3 жыл бұрын

@@VogtTD no but they own a great deal of it.

@donaltc 3 жыл бұрын

@@JR-zv6qm actually according to all stats of wealth in the US, looks like the boomers own most of it. Of course

@slipknot7424 3 жыл бұрын

America is failing, rapidly.

@rogernunez6755 3 жыл бұрын

"there were very little people supporting the mayor" You mean midgets?

@thunderstruck184 3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@bjbresulla 3 жыл бұрын

God all those elevator buttons.... so incredibly high.

@anderander5662 3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY..... but I suspect they can't say anything about her gaffe

@keephikingforever 3 жыл бұрын

Politicians and transparency...way to go mayor ...SMH...

@DarkReapersGrim1 3 жыл бұрын

I read an interview with him and a local CBS affiliate. He said he didn't have the votes to change things and didn't have the legal backing. That's why he didn't attend the meetings.

@davidthaler7018 3 жыл бұрын

Oh boo boo…no one supports me and won’t let me do what I want. Where’s his Mom to change his diaper?

@Norg1 3 жыл бұрын

what a boss skips work for two years comes back and fires everyone lol

@idesofmarchUNIAEA 2 жыл бұрын

“I’m not gonna answer“. That says it all insubordination. This is not even shocking arrogance by a “public servant“. Pennsylvania is the fifth most corrupt state in the country. We have sent attorneys general to prison. Not long enough in the northern tear we sent judges to prison for building a juvenile hall, and then sending kids to it, to profit off them. Disgusting. Our forefathers gave their lives to give us self rule, liberty, and freedom. Disgusting! They make a mockery of the sacrifice our forefathers made. Do you have an inspector general, Attorney general, etc. turns a blind eye to this criminality.

@Dharmabum2000 3 жыл бұрын

Cast your vote in the parking lot.

@ericboncuk5303 2 жыл бұрын

You’d think that a small city around the Burgh would have learned the lesson of too much power to young after Ravenstahl.

@onemorething100 2 жыл бұрын

Luke was great!

@barkere51 3 жыл бұрын

So...a dude becomes mayor of a town and refuses to do his job...then he fires the people who were doing the job. Sounds like he hates that town and wants it to suffer.

@hurricanestarang 3 жыл бұрын

He's an elected official is he not? Sounds like a bigger problem in that small town.

@paulbonney6235 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like the Democraps.

@ajaypalsidhu3029 3 жыл бұрын

@@paulbonney6235 I wouldn't be surprised if he's a Republikkkan. Their Fuhrer didn't show up to work for 4 years.

@mjrcox76 3 жыл бұрын

@@ajaypalsidhu3029 oh he showed up for work all right! Damn democraps kept him in court or got in his way of doing his job. I hope you enjoyed his tax break because buddy, all of our taxes are going up! Talk about the Führer, you think Trump was the Fürher?? Biden and Harris will quickly out do anything Hitler has ever done or ever dreamed of doing so get ready!

@updatemysettings5095 3 жыл бұрын

Um.... trump was in office and up at 6am every day. He may be a jerk but he ios definitly not a lazy one.

@GrampiesCorner 3 жыл бұрын

Um if he abandoned his job and duties as mayor, council should have fired him and called for a new election

@douglasmorgan84 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think you can fire a mayor

@dongodwin2144 3 жыл бұрын

@@douglasmorgan84 so he can hide for two years and it’s okey. From the sound of him, he’s been busy doing the pride thing

@MrSheckstr 3 жыл бұрын

Was looking online about how you can remove a mayor from office in Pennsylvania, found an article dating back to 2016 that gave some insight. Seems it’s pretty hard to do you have to do a recall petition and have it signed by 10% , not sure what the ten percent is if it’s the entire city, just voters, or 10% of voters… (some states make it easier to recall people in low turn out election by making the number of signatures merely be a percentage of the number of people that voted in the most recent election ) What I found more interesting is (according to this article) Pennsylvanian mayors have no salary, only vote to break a tie on the city council, and have some authority over the police department. If that is true perhaps that why in this situation the mayor was so uninvolved, but if that is true, how could he fire people? Who knows, maybe what I read was inaccurate

@GrampiesCorner 3 жыл бұрын

@@dongodwin2144 what does the pride "thing" have to do with anything?

@dongodwin2144 3 жыл бұрын

@@GrampiesCorner are you a little sensitive, it doesn’t matter, he got voted out of office

@ronlawrence342 3 жыл бұрын

Collects a paycheck for two years while being absent and then just shows up to fire two people?! Is this Alice in Wonderland ? A month into his tenure people should’ve had the police looking high and low for the “ leader” of their town. This is so totally weird it’s hard to even comment on.

@wt9653 3 жыл бұрын

Mayor was once the kid who was picked on. It's now his turn to pay forward.😂

@mjkuhl 2 жыл бұрын

This is a very good example why we don't give power to snowflakes.

@saxman7131 2 жыл бұрын

The water won’t clear up till you get the hogs out of the creek.

@JR-zv6qm 3 жыл бұрын

Lost his bid for re-election this year by a wide margin.

@zanderstone2898 3 жыл бұрын

I hope this is true

@dogman-fx9ub 3 жыл бұрын

@@zanderstone2898 Yeah it's true monvalleyindependent.com/2021/05/mozer-wins-in-monessen/

@redlobster4841 3 жыл бұрын

There has to be more to the story the media usually doesn't tell you the whole story wow

@TimSter15 3 жыл бұрын

He looks 17

@ecallk5544 3 жыл бұрын

Behaves like 7

@scottarmstrong5876 3 жыл бұрын

Vote in rainbow get rainbow results

@Jus_da_tip 3 жыл бұрын

Someone's not getting re-elected

@vambo13257 3 жыл бұрын

"It sounds like politics is in play",politics is always in play!!

@marthastetson4280 3 жыл бұрын

Has the qualities of a great leader.

@allwaysman4378 3 жыл бұрын

its about time some one other than i STOPPED PAYING THEIR SELF APPOINTED, PAID, OPPRESSORS.

@TimM-wk1zx 2 ай бұрын

I never understood the thirst for power in situations like this. In their minds it’s like they are saving lives, when if fact it’s all so much bigger than them.

@glenlarsen8496 3 жыл бұрын

The ones who were fired werent sassy enough for the mayors liking i bet

@ChristopherCricketWallace 3 жыл бұрын

Their boss was missing for 2 years and no one did anything about it. yeah, they should be fired along with the mayor. The whole room was clearly okay enough woth the situation to leave to position unhelmed. How's that good for the city? How's that good for that lady doing the work of three people? Why didn't anyone interviene to help her out?

@JosephAng 2 жыл бұрын

What were they supposed to do? Drag the mayor by his ear and force him to the meetings? It seems like they were doing multiple jobs to cover the mayor's absence.

@hisdukeness3037 2 жыл бұрын

“Hey mayor welcome back!” -“thanks.. your fired”

@brentfu1119 3 жыл бұрын

And the residents will continually vote him in.

@stephenbeacham9717 3 жыл бұрын

Why?

@ReinSouls 3 жыл бұрын

Nope. He lost his primary last month.

@dragons0220032002ify 3 жыл бұрын

So why didn't the council in the city recall his votes and kick him out his mayor if he's been absent that long

@agentd36 3 жыл бұрын

Watch one season of West Wing, and you think you can change the world.

@minavanderleest9493 3 жыл бұрын

Whats the mayors excuse for not showing up for his job?

@nepttune710 3 жыл бұрын

I believe i read that it was cocaine fueled homosexual orgies. Or maybe he was sick. I cant remember.

@charliesschroedinger 3 жыл бұрын

He's too busy biting pillows

@mandy9856 2 жыл бұрын

The mayor shouldn’t be at council meetings ,period. They need to change the laws, ASAP, if the mayor has the power of a king!

@SorensenEMT 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like someone isn't getting reelected

@trulysurprised-bk7cy 3 жыл бұрын

Flamer on a tear !!!

@timothyserabian5103 2 жыл бұрын

How would he even still be mayor after not attending meetings for MORE THAN A YEAR?!?!?!

@wubuck79 3 жыл бұрын

I’m struggling to understand how the constituency that seemed to be represented in that room were ever persuaded to elect that mayor to begin with.

@asianmelb 14 күн бұрын

Well first it started with adults accepting Pedosexhowto guides in schools…. 😂

@JTFSIX 3 жыл бұрын

That was awesome., Love that.....The voicemail was classic....."We are going in a new direction"...Good for you sir......Stay Safe

@auck1969 3 жыл бұрын

Go troll somewhere else, FREAK!!!

@AdventuresofaGeek 3 жыл бұрын

It's like irl parks and rec when Ben wyatt did "ice town" 😂😂😂

@brianjohnson5144 2 жыл бұрын

If he fired me like that I would've went to jail and he would win to the hospital I would've went right over that table

@traemcpherson7266 3 жыл бұрын

I wonder if someone threatened him in private to not attend or something. - Seems like the Council was perfectly happy without him. It makes them complicit. If the mayor wasn’t attending the meetings... Why didn’t anyone find out why? If he didn’t want to be mayor, why didn’t he resign. This whole things leaves more questions than answers.

@mehmeh533 6 ай бұрын

So...yeah...he looks like a real trustable person. Wonder what questions were getting asked he didn't like.....

@davidfitzgerald3653 2 жыл бұрын

Sorry but I'd be waiting outside for this guy. Not even for yelling at me but just because he thinks he can treat people like this.

@brucedavidson5400 3 жыл бұрын

They elected a millennial mayoe

@misterhat6395 2 жыл бұрын

True he was gone for two years, but we need to remember that Cones of Dunshire wasn’t invented overnight

@rebas04 2 жыл бұрын

How was he not relieved of his duties 2 years ago?

@scottaznavourian540 3 жыл бұрын

And to assure our stability this council will be reorganized into the first galactic empire!

@davidbenner2289 3 жыл бұрын

It's his prerogative to do so? Then, that's it. Rules are rules. If he broke them, recall him or work against electing him next time. You don't like leadership? Get over it. My father-in-law was under Patton during WWII. He didn't like Patton but Patton won battles. I wasn't liked at work by many but everyone wanted to work for me. Go figure. I would even fire my own children, even my wife. Hey, family is family but business is business. I'm, fire and rescue, retired. It wasn't a game or job protection program. I only accepted the very best. Your life is worth it. The mayor was elected into his position. By popular vote? Truman, not as grand as a mayor, I'm sure, didn't like MacArthur so he replaced him. We're some people unhappy? Yes. My dad was in Korea when it happened. He never liked MacArthur.

@mrtodd3620 3 жыл бұрын

They should have recalled him long before this happened.

@mnmdisney 3 жыл бұрын

Hes 4 years old and a temper of one.

@troydulude 5 ай бұрын

Huh, I'll bet there is a lot more to this story and I am inclined to give this guy the benefit of the doubt. He knows something most of us do not.

@chadhansen9504 3 жыл бұрын

You guys got what you deserve! How old is your mayor 12?

@johndeinert5990 2 жыл бұрын

One question did he get paid for those 2 years he was not there?

@ellie1595 2 жыл бұрын

How was he allowed to be mayor when he was gone for 2 years. Whaaat???

@marcosmota1094 2 жыл бұрын

I'm in New York City, local news from around the country is interesting...

@g.stephens263 3 жыл бұрын

Poly Sci 101. All politics are local!

@brettmorrill7715 3 жыл бұрын

Mayor looks like a real gem

@chrisgast 3 жыл бұрын

How or why didn't the mayor attend any of the meetings? I may be young myself, but even I would attend at least one or five meetings out of 20 as a mayor. This "mayor" is a joke. Truly.