Everyone’s head was dizzy and every ear rang with pain as the Mayor’s gavel smashed down again and again.
Then-Fitchburg mayor Jason Gonzalez was trying to restore order to what had become a chaotic scene in the chambers of the Fitchburg Common Council on an unseasonably warm autumn night in 2017.
Fitchburg’s council was discussing the removal of a budget item benefiting the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County (BGCDC), a seemingly insignificant move in the universe of budget voting…