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Accusation shouted in Parlier meeting as participants dispute claim
Summary
During open session at the special Parlier meeting, a participant was called a "criminal" and other attendees objected; the transcript shows the name appears as both "Lionel" and "Laino," and the council urged professionalism before moving into closed session.
A heated exchange interrupted the Parlier City Council's special meeting when a person in the room was called a "criminal" and other participants objected to the allegation.
The transcript records the exchange with the presiding official (identified in the record as Mayor Alma Beltran) and Council member Catherine Salorio among those speaking. The presiding official said, "A criminal," in response to a question about the individual's status, and Council member Salorio challenged the statement, asking, "You're saying Lionel's a criminal?" Another participant also said, "You know how to cover your tracks, but they're on to you."
The transcript alternates between the spellings "Lionel" and "Laino" for the person named in the exchange; the individual's role or relation to the council is not specified in the provided record. Several attendees urged the speaker to "be quiet" and to be "more professional," and the presiding official reminded the room that the camera was on and that the meeting was then in open session. After the interruptions, the council proceeded with the announced plan to go into closed session; the presiding official said anyone wishing to speak about the closed-session item would be called after the council returned to open session.
Because the transcript provides only the in-room back-and-forth and not an identification of the person referenced in the allegation, the article does not assert the truth of the claim. The exchange was recorded in open session and appears in the meeting transcript as quoted above.
