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Saturday, January 21, 2023

"Tom" Unloads a Racist, Anti-Semitic, Homophobic Rant on Staff Directed toward the BCC (Warning: Unedited and Uncensored)

 


An angry, unhinged individual called staff last week in a rage.  That's putting it mildly.  I heard about some of the language he unleashed on administrative staff, and he even left some of this disgusting, racist garbage on Administrator Wes Moreno's secretary's voicemail.  Of course I requested the recording.

Wading through the tirade of expletives, racist, anti-semitic, and homophobic bombs in his recording a couple of times--it appears as if this individual is upset with the recent decsision by a county board to deny an alcoholic beverage license to the owners of an arcade in District 3, due to the close proximity of a day care center nearby.  The media covered this issue and the reasons for the eventual denial.

But how does our following our codes and ordinances devolve into "Tom" leaving such a hate-filled, demented, angry, and unhinged voicemail in addition to his berating staff calling them, and I quote, "F#$%ing Secretaries"---well your guess is as good as mine.  Our office has had a few of these over the years.  This individual actually left his name.  I'm not printing his last name, but his first name is "Tom."

Folks need to know that there are folks like "Tom" out there that we deal with as commissioners--via email, voicemail, and sometimes even in person.  Some folks out there are volitile.

You can listen to the recording, here, if you are so inclined.  (Warning: this is an actual full recording of a voicemail "Tom" left with the county.  It is unedited and uncensored and contains language and name calling that is disgusting and racist, homophobic, and anti-semitic)

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