# When (Washgington State) city councilmen attack!  What was the deal?

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**Created:** [August 26, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-washgington-state-city-councilmen-attack-what-was-the-deal/318737 "2005-08-26T15:12:18Z")\
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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-washgington-state-city-councilmen-attack-what-was-the-deal/318737/1 "2005-08-26T15:12:18Z")

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I saw this about five years ago, but I don’t know how old it was. I also believe that the town/city in question was somewhere in Washington state.

There is a video that shows up on these video compilation programs (“World’s Most Shocking Videos,” for example) that shows a disagreement between a town councilman (a man) and the mayor (a woman).

The man is finally dragged from the meeting after being pepper-sprayed.

Is anyone familiar with this? What were the two of them arguing about? I think it had to do with revenue, but I never saw the point of contention–only that the mayor wanted to move on, and the councilman didn’t.

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**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2005, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-washgington-state-city-councilmen-attack-what-was-the-deal/318737/2 "2005-08-26T15:55:13Z")

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Yeah, i remember seeing that—i think the show was Maximum Exposure—although i don’t remember which town or state it occured in.

Personally, i thought the whole situation was handled extremely poorly by the mayor and by the policeman who responded. There’s no need to go to such lengths just because a town councilman won’t leave his seat.