The City Council voted 7-2 Tuesday night to take off the weeks before and after Christmas. Councilman Jack Benson and Councilwoman Pam Ladd voted against the measure.
Ladd led off her discussion by jokingly referring to a move to censure Department of Education, Arts and Culture Administrator Missy Crutchfield just a few hours before the council meeting.
“This may cause a censure from my fellow council members,” Ladd said. “When we opted for a week this summer to attend National Night Out for our neighborhoods, I opted to take a week out of my Christmas to give constituents the same number of weeks of work. Am I officially censured now?”
Council members responded by pretending to move to censure her.
“I would like to officially move to censure Vice Chair Ladd,” Councilman Andraé McGary said. “Seriously, I would like to make a move to cancel Christmas, if we can.”