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Official apologizes for Ariz. rampage reference
By: The Associated Press//January 13, 2011
AMSTERDAM — A public official from Upstate has apologized for alluding to the shooting rampage in Arizona during a contentious meeting on a businessman’s proposal for a new landfill.
Local newspapers first reported that Amsterdam Common Council Alderman William Wills told recycling company owner Robert Noel that if he continues to push the landfill plan, “it’s going to be just like what happened unfortunately to an Arizona congressman.”
Wills apparently was referring to Saturday’s shooting of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 19 others in Tucson.
Noel abruptly left the meeting after the comment.
Wills later apologized to those present at Tuesday’s Finance Committee meeting. He called his remark “a stupid statement on my part.”
Noel told Albany’s WXXA-TV Wednesday night that he felt Wills was threatening his life.
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