Pornographic ‘Zoom bomb’ disrupts West Springfield Town Council meeting
Updated May 05, 2021;
A hardcore pornographic “Zoom bomb” forced the West Springfield Town Council to adjourn their Monday night meeting early an unfortunate sign of the times in the coronavirus pandemic era.
About 30 minutes into the online meeting, which focused on budget issues and infrastructure projects, graphic sexual images took over the Zoom videoconference.
The councilors’ reactions were varied: One giggled nervously, another made a joke, a third scolded the others for laughing, a fourth suggested the meeting be adjourned.
“Well that’s interesting,” Councilor Daniel O’Brien remarked dryly.
“What the heck is that?” Vice President Brian Clune asked.
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West Springfield Town Council ready to vote on racism declaration
Updated Jan 27, 2021;
Several councilors again faulted the language of the proposed order at a study session Jan. 25, but said they didn’t want to delay the start of a town-wide effort to gather information on racial disparities and promote equity. They also said they had started to think deeply about systematic racism after reading the studies and news reports that Reichelt researched before writing the order.
“I had some serious issues with this when I read it the first time, and when I read it the second time, but since then, I’ve kind of changed my mind,” said Councilor Nathan Bech. “I think of racism as some jerk saying some horrible things to someone, but there’s a whole lot more to racism. That’s what I’m understanding in this whole process.”
West Springfield councilors concerned over ‘inflammatory’ wording in mayor’s anti-racism order
Updated Jan 24, 2021;
WEST SPRINGFIELD Town councilors will meet Monday to discuss “inflammatory” and “accusatory” language in Mayor William Reichelt’s executive order declaring racism a public health crisis.
They’ll also consider an alternative wording drafted late last week by Council President Brian Griffin, intended to preserve the mayor’s goals while toning down the rhetoric that some councilors found objectionable.
“The wording in it, to me, is inflammatory,” Councilor Daniel O’Brien said of the mayor’s proposal. “I don’t understand where you’re basing the facts of this document, … how it ties in with West Springfield, and the West Springfield that I know. I find this to be accusatory.”
Mayor William Reichelt suggests speed humps for West Springfield streets
Updated Jan 11, 2021;
Posted Jan 11, 2021
West Springfield Mayor Will Reichelt has proposed an ordinance that would allow people on residential streets to request traffic humps to slow down speeders. (Hoang Leon Nguyen / The Republican file photo)
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WEST SPRINGFIELD If Mayor William Reichelt has his way, residents may soon be calling the town to complain that their roads are too smooth.
Reichelt is touting speed humps as a solution to speeding complaints on residential streets in West Springfield. He is asking the Town Council to pass an ordinance allowing the town to install speed humps when residents request them.