March 23,2017
the staff of the Ridgewood blog
Ridgewood NJ, as public comment broke up at tonight’s council meeting all but 3 Bogert Cambridge residents actually stayed for the public hearing . One resident who was most strenuously opposed to the parking ordinance on Bogert and Cambridge, approached the woman who has championed the ordinance as she was with her young children in the hallway, and began screaming obscenities in her face.
Mrs. McWilliams simply continued to try to dress her children to leave and the resident who identified herself at comment as Erin Taddei, began yelling that she was going to sue Mrs. McWilliams sprinkled with many many obscenities not often heard at a council meeting and not appropriate for children’s ears.
She needed to be physically restrained from approaching Mrs. McWilliams and she was physically dragged down the hallway by her husband as she continued to scream obscenities and threats of lawsuit at the mother, who simply walked away, and back in to the courtroom.
It has been reported that a police report has been made . This is not what we accept at meetings. If you are angry about a parking situation, have a discussion or lively debate. No one should resort to threats and obscenities. The woman could be bared from council meetings as she does not seem to understand the decorum required.
9:11 -Perfectly said.She is loud and abrasive as I have heard when walking my dogs around the block. .I have also heard from other residents she puts notes on peoples cars and is constantly screaming at her kids. Thankfully I am not in ear shot.
Melanie is the biggest, evil, bully and cyber bully in town! Now that her husband left her can she leave too?