Casselberry Chaos: City's Dramatic Political Saga Continues as New Commissioner Stages Circus

Last month's sparsely populated commission meeting in Casselberry (seen above) demonstrated the lack of public interest in the city's latest controversy over a Commissioner's apparently metaphorical remarks preceding events in the nation's Capitol on January 6, 2021. For all the huffing and puffing, the house certainly did not blow down for besieged Commissioner Mark Busch. So who was the boy who cried wolf?

Newly elected Commissioner Chad Albritton's politicization of city affairs isn't a new strategy. Plenty of radicals on both sides of the aisle do that all the time. Although this trend spiked heavily over the past few years in towns across the country, such divisions evaded Casselberry until this past year. The effort to bring in national political issues to local politics seems to stem from Albritton's desire to run for higher office, despite his slim resume and lack of experience.

Aside from Albritton, the Mayor and Casselberry Commission as a whole agreed the entire episode to be a nothing burger, with Commissioner Anthony Aramendia saying: "It is a slippery slope when we're trying to control what the conversation is... we are limited to recourse by our city attorney."

Fellow Commission member Mark Meadows stated in concurrence that "freedom is the bedrock of our society." Several residents also agreed, with one declaring: "Protection of freedom of speech goes for popular and unpopular speech."

The Mayor pointed out the possibility the tapes in question were edited as well. In conclusion, Busch welcomed questions and admitted he,"walked into a [poor] situation."