Vallejo planning commissioner resigns after throwing cat during online zoom meeting

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Monday, April 27, 2020
Vallejo city official resigns after tossing cat during online meeting
In an email, Vallejo Planning Commissioner Chris Platzer told the Vallejo Times-Herald on Saturday that he was stepping down immediately and apologized for his actions after zoom video shows him throwing his cat and drinking during an online meeting.

VALLEJO, Calif. (KGO) -- A Vallejo city official who was seen tossing a cat, and drinking during an online planning commission meeting has resigned, the Vallejo Times-Herald reports.

In a Zoom meeting held on Monday, Planning Commissioner Chris Platzer was seen on the lower left-hand corner of the screen saying, "first I would like to introduce my cat," with the feline making a short appearance before being tossed abruptly to the side.

VIDEO: Planning Commissioner Chris Platzer seen tossing cat off-screen during Zoom meeting

Vallejo Planning Commissioner Chris Platzer was seen tossing his cat during an online Zoom meeting.

In an email, Platzer told the Vallejo Times-Herald on Saturday that he was stepping down immediately and apologized for his actions.

"I did not conduct myself in the Zoom meeting in a manner befitting of a planning commissioner and apologize for any harm I may have inflicted," Platzer wrote to the Times-Herald. "I serve at the pleasure of the council and no longer have that trust and backing. I extend my gratitude to those who have supported me during my tenure. I have always felt that serving Vallejo in a voluntary position is honorable because Vallejo is worth serving. We are all living in uncertain times and I certainly, like many of you, am adjusting to a new normalcy."

The Times-Herald also reports the commissioner was drinking beer and was also heard making derogatory remarks after the meeting was over.

The city council was planning to take up a resolution to remove Platzer.

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