A town council meeting in Tahsis saw a gavel taken from the deputy mayor during a heated exchange last week. The regularly schedule meeting had a variety of topics on the agenda, but the controversy was related to a decision to censure fellow Coun. Douglas Elliot.<\/p>\n
On March 21, Deputy Mayor Sarah Fowler was leading a council meeting when community members and a councillor caused chaos with several disruptions, with censured Coun. Elliot eventually swiping the gavel from Fowler.<\/span><\/p>\n Fowler can be heard in the meeting stating the agenda: <\/span>\u201cUnanimously passed a motion of censure and related sanctions for counselor Elliot's Contravention.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n This was met with \"boos\" from community members sitting in, allegedly supporters of Elliot.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The incident was live streamed and recorded, reappearing in headlines on MSN, CBC, and Vancouver is Awesome. Afterwards, the deputy mayor attempted to focus on a less controversial aspect of the meeting when responding to the kerfuffle on Twitter, pointing to the town's decision to become a living wage employer.<\/span><\/p>\n The Vancouver Island's community of Tahsis is populated with less than 400 people; it is a part of Electoral Area A of the Strathcona Regional District (SRD), the district Cortes Island is in. Fowler was performing her duties as deputy mayor in the absence of Mayor Martin Davis. <\/span><\/p>\n