Profanity Dropped At End Of Stoughton Selectmen Meeting

STOUGHTON, MA — After an hours-long meeting, Stoughton Board of Selectmen Vice-Chair Robert Cohn was hoping to address a few more issue during Tuesday night’s meeting. Instead, it ended with members walking out and an F-bomb from Cohn.

As the board began to address the Cedar Hill investigation as part of old/new business, a motion was made and seconded to adjourn the meeting. Cohn, who was acting as the chair because David Sousa had to leave due to work commitments, asked to discuss parking regulations. Following a quick discussion, Cohn said he wanted to discuss two more things, to the objection of some board members.

“I’m tired of not finishing agendas. I spent three hours on this today and you’re not going to say anything? Too bad, I’m the chairman, we’re going to continue. You don’t like it, it’s too bad,” Cohn said as Selectman Joe Mokrisky walked away from the table.

Mokrisky replied, but what he said could not be made out on the Stoughton Media Access Corporation video of the meeting because he was not wearing a microphone.

“Joe, you didn’t do any better in your term either so let's not talk about it. Joe, you’re out of order. Either sit down or leave,” Cohn said.

Cohn attempts to continue the meeting but with members leaving the table, Cohn ended the meeting.

“[****] it, meeting adjourned, lack of quorum,” Cohn said.

The profanity was removed from rebroadcasts and the on-demand version available online, but an unedited version of the meeting shows that Cohn did use the F word at the end of the meeting.

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