Paul VanDenVouver

A rift between Dunkirk Common Council and Mayor Wilfred Rosas has just become larger. On Wednesday morning, Councilman-at-large Paul VanDenVouver told the OBSERVER he is banning Dunkirk Mayor Wilfred Rosas from attending all the Common Council meetings in 2021.

“Willie is banned from every council meeting for the year 2021,” VanDenVouver wrote to the OBSERVER. “I just made the decision.”

There has been strong animosity between the two individuals since January of 2020 with Rosas being thrown out of two Council meetings in the last six months.

The first time was during a ZOOM meeting this summer and the second was on Tuesday.

This story will be updated.