Sunnyside Climate Resilience Advisory Team meeting cancelled midway through

SUNNYSIDE, Wash. — The Sunnyside Climate Resilience Advisory Team recently convened for a meeting, where they were set to talk about a survey that would go out to the residents of Sunnyside. They did not talk very much about that, as personal digs and defense took over in an explosive session.

It all started less than 90 seconds in when committee member Maria Fernandez called out the behavior of two fellow committee members, one being political activist Kenton Gartrell.

From there, arguing ensued, including Gartrell calling for a point of privilege, and then later calling the chair to question for ignoring the point of privilege.

At one point, Sunnyside’s Deputy Mayor Julia Hart cancelled the meeting while it was happening.

“Mr. Hector, I would like to cancel this meeting. This meeting as adjourned,” Hart said.

The meeting was ten minutes long when it was cancelled. There is no next meeting date for the Climate Resilience Advisory Team in Sunnyside. KIMA reached out to the members of the committee for their response to the their own behavior, but we have not yet received a response to any enquiry.