Mary A. Morrissey | |
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Member of the VermontHouseofRepresentatives from the Bennington 5 district | |
Assumed office January 4, 2023 Servingwith Jim Carroll | |
Preceded by | None (district created) |
Member of the VermontHouseofRepresentatives from the Bennington 2-2 district | |
In office January 8,2003 –January 4,2023 | |
Preceded by | Betty Bolognani |
Succeeded by | None (district eliminated) |
Member of the VermontHouseofRepresentatives from the Bennington 2-3 district | |
In office January 8,1997 –January 8,2003 | |
Preceded by | Mary Madkour |
Succeeded by | None (district eliminated) |
Personal details | |
Born | Mary Ann Morrissey March 26,1957 Bennington,Vermont,U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Residence(s) | Bennington,Vermont,U.S. |
Mary Ann Morrissey (born March 26,1957) is a Republican politician who was elected and currently serves in the Vermont House of Representatives. [1] She represents the Bennington 5 Representative District.
For five months during 2024,Morrissey secretly poured cups of water into a tote bag owned by Democratic lawmaker Jim Carroll,who also represents Bennington and who serves with her on Vermont's House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development. [2] Carroll suspected Morrissey to be pouring water in his bag,but had no evidence to prove the theory. He then used a hidden video camera to record footage of his bag in order to find what was happening. [3]
On June 7,2024,Carroll told Seven Days,an independent Vermont news publication,that he had captured footage of Morrissey pouring cups of water into his bag on two separate days. [2] On June 11,2024,the footage was released. [2] Carroll has stated that Morrissey had been "nasty" to him for months [3] and that she had "verbally harassed" him on several occasions regarding his policy decisions. [4]
On June 17,Morrissey apologized in front of the Vermont House of Representatives. She did not state a motivation for her actions,and claimed,"I don't know why I did it. I was not meaning to hurt him ... It is something very out of character for me and I am ashamed." [5] As a result of the incident,a formal investigation was opened by the House's ethics panel. As of June 18,2024,Carroll has not yet decided whether to pursue charges against Morrissey. [3]
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