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Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008
Posted by Jason Hagey @ 12:31:47 pm
Tacoma City Councilman Mike Lonergan asked the city's legal staff to find a way to keep Robert "The Traveller" Hill from attending future City Council meetings following Hill's conduct last night, which included removing some of his clothes and once again mentioning masturbation. Hill, whose campaign for Pierce County sheriff recently ended after he pleaded guilty to forgery, arrived at the council chambers wearing a jumpsuit and hat. He spoke to the City Council during the public comment portion of the meeting, and then took a seat in the front row. At some point, he removed the jumpsuit and sat in his underwear in a way in which he was exposed to a council member seated at the dais, City Manager Eric Anderson said. Tacoma police escorted Hill out of the council chambers wearing only a T-shirt and underwear. He returned about 10 minutes later with the jumpsuit covering his lower half. Hill spoke again at the end of the meeting during Citizens' Forum, the once-a-month forum in which citizens are allowed to address council members about issues that are not on the meeting agenda. As he has done before, Hill used the forum to talk about masturbation, Lonergan said. Mayor Bill Baarsma banged his gavel and brought the comments to an end. Lonergan then issued his challenge to the city's legal staff to find a way to keep Hill from making future appearances. "It's getting very old," Lonergan said this morning. Lonergan said he was particularly disturbed because a young boy was present in the council chambers, and it's possible that children were watching the meeting on television.
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