SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (CAPITOL CITY NOW) – Springfield city council watchers Tuesday would not let the mayor and aldermen forget how last week’s meeting (pictured) ended, with aldermen and audience members shouting after the meeting officially ended. Mayor Misty Buscher adjourned that meeting while some people still expected to have their turn to speak. Citizens and the mayor’s and clerk’s offices disagree on just who had signed up, and a city statement the day after last week’s meeting blamed a communications glitch for some people’s sign-ups not reaching the clerk’s office.

“You refused to apologize the following day,” said Jordan Shaw Tuesday, describing the “communications error” explanation to “the dog ate my homework,” adding when a grade school student’s dog eats their homework, the student simply does the homework again and moves on.

Another citizen, Veronica Glass, called the Nov. 4 meeting a “crap show,” saying the city violated the First Amendment by denying some a chance to speak.