CAPE CORAL, Fla. Mayor Marni Sawicki abruptly left a Committee of the Whole meeting Monday night amid a back-and-forth with a charter school governing board member.
On the way out, she called City Council member Richard Leon a “dumbass” and hurled another epithet at City Council member Rana Erbrick, Leon said.
“Her actions are uncalled for,” Leon said. “We are working for the people and they elect us to sit in the chairs to come up with solutions, not act like children and call council members names. She needs to determine if she wants to continue to represent the people until the end of her term, or resign.”
Sawicki said last month she won’t seek re-election in November.
She’s publicly feuded with former charter schools superintendent Nelson Stephenson. She was grilling charter school governing board Vice Chairman Robert Zivkovic on why the board supported Stephenson when she walked out Monday, City Council member Jessica Cosden said.
Sawicki didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.