A New Jersey man who’s working for the Cranford township committee goes viral on social media for breakdancing as much as the rostrum throughout a latest city corridor assembly.
In a livestream Tuesday on Cranford TV-35, the general public channel for the Township of Cranford, Will Thilly will get as much as ask a query about native tax hikes.
As a substitute of strolling as much as the rostrum, Thilly begins dancing.
“Mr. Thilly, I started your time,” a township official says.
Thilly holds up his index finger, telling the official to carry on, and continues dancing. Some individuals within the room regarded away, whereas others buried their faces of their fingers.
Thilly finally makes his method as much as the rostrum, however turns round to seize some papers and a bottle of water.
“How was everyone’s weekend?” he begins. The room stays silent. “Anyone go anywhere fun? I got back. I went to Mexico. I just went to visit some family in Monterrey. There’s no beach there. It’s a beautiful town, a lot of history and it’s like really nice.”
He then asks if anybody is afraid of flying. Once more, the room stays quiet.
“Did you know I could do the backspin? Anybody,” he says. “Wanna see me do the backspin? No? I’m gonna do the backspin.”
Thilly then drops to the bottom to do a backspin earlier than getting again up and strolling over to the rostrum. He motions for the small crowd to cheer, however nobody does.
“Well, why did our taxes go up so much? We were told the referendum was going to bring it up for an average household about $400,” he says. “And mine went up, like, 900 bucks. I think we were told like that was from the schools or something? But the school referendum said it would only go up, like I said, 400 bucks on an average assessed home.”
“So I wanted to know why it went up, if it did much more than that,” he continues. “And what extra expenses were incurred by the schools that weren’t told to the public when we voted on that referendum?”
Thilly then moonwalks again to his seat.
“Thank you, Mr. Thilly,” Cranford Mayor Terrence Curran says. “I like the interpretative dance.”
Thilly mentioned on his web site that he’s working for the Cranford Township Committee “to tell you the truth, to fight for what you need, and to defend our Town and schools.”
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