Exeter Town Councilor Morrissey loses his cool

On December 14th four members of the Exeter Town Council are facing a recall vote, ginned up by out of town gun rights advocates. Council President Arlene Hicks and Town Councillors Bob Johnson, Cal Ellis and Bill Monahan, all Democrats, face losing their seats to the runners up in the last election. (See Samuel G. Howard’s excellent analysis of the recall here and Will Collette’s here.) The one member of the Town Council not under threat of losing his job is Raymond A. Morrissey Jr., a right leaning independent.

As can be seen in the video below, towards the end of Monday night’s meeting of the newly formed Rhode Island Coalition Against Gun Violence, Morrissey interrupted the Reverend Don Anderson during the question and answer period and launched into a tirade against the organizers of the meeting and those in attendance before being shown the exit.

One wonders why the one Town Council member whose job is not in jeopardy is feeling so grumpy…