Acting Town Clerk Carol Sooba yesterday walked out of what was to be a statutory meeting of the Mayor and City Council (M&CC) after she was not allowed to recite prayers.
By virtue of her current position, Sooba functions as the council’s secretary during these meetings, and traditionally the secretary has been tasked with offering prayers before the meeting commences. She was refused the responsibility yesterday though, owing to “insulting” statements she made about the Christian community just before Easter, the mayor said.
As the council made its way through the preliminary procedures Mayor Hamilton Green announced a moment of reflection, at which time each member was free to offer a silent prayer. At this point Sooba interjected that Green was out of order to call for reflection, and that the meeting would not be duly constituted unless the
