Cape Coral city leaders are taking action over a viral video showing what appears to be Councilman Rick Williams sleeping during an important debate over a possible mask mandate.
"FRIVOLOUS AND A COMPLETEDISREGARD FOR, ESPECIALLYCHILDREN’S, HEALTH AND WELFARE."CAPE CORAL CITY LEADERS FINALLYADDRESSING A VIRAL VIDEO SHOWINGWHAT APPEARS TO BE COUNCILMANRICK WILLIAMS SLEEPING DURING AMASK MANDATE MEETING SEVERALWEEKS AGO.TODAY CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS ANDWILLIAMS’ CONSTITUENTS CALLINGFOR HIS RESIGNATION.FOX 4’S MIANA MASSEY WENT TOTONIGHT’S MEETING.(00-05)(22-28)(38-42)(53-57)(127-132)"step up or step down, that’sthe way i see it at this point"Mayor CovielloTHIS COMES AS A FINAL STRAW -AFTER SEVERAL COMPLAINTS AGAINSTCOUNCILMAN RICK WILLIAMSSURPRISING VIDEO FROM A MEETINGEARLIER THIS MONTH SHOWSWILLIAMS WITH A MASK COVERINGHIS EYESAPPEARING TO BESLEEPING DURING PUBLICCOMMENT.MANY NOW CALLING FORHIS RESIGNATION"Im not going to resign, i gmore i want to do i wan tocontinue on" RICK WILLIAMS//CONSTITUENTS SAY HE IS GENERALLYUNRESPONSIVE TO EMAILS ANDCALLS.AND IS UNFIT TO REPRESENTDISTRICT 6"he’s incrediblY inappropriate,a man that is arrogant doesn’treally care about anyone bhimself "JAMES LEATHERMAN/COUNCIL MEMBERS SAY THEY CAN NOTACTUALLY REMOVE WILLIAMS, BUTSUGGEST ESTABLISHING A LEVEL OFEXPECTATIONS FOR ALL MEMBERS TOFOLLOW"When you embarrass the eight ofus and all the residents of capecoral then i have a problem withit" John GunterCOUNCILMAN WILLIAMS HAS LEFTSEVERAL COUNCIL MEETINGSUNEXPECTEDLY AND EVEN SENT ATHREATENING MESSAGE TO A LOCALBUSINESS OWNER"its getting tiring and itsgetting really frustrating, theonly thing i did wrong was mr lagace" Rick WilliamsA PETITION NOW WITH OVER 1000SIGNATURES PLEADING FORCOUNCILMAN WILLIAMS TO STEP DOWN"that’s just not normal behaviorwe have two more years of thisand we can’t take it" JOHNKARCHER//SEVERAL CITY LEADERS VOICINGCONCERNS ABOUT WILLIAMS HEALTHAND WELL BEING"it seems like your heart isn’tin it anymore and i think youreally need to consi
Many are calling for Cape Coral Councilman Rick Williams to resign after video allegedly shows him sleeping. Councilman Williams..