This just in from reporter Amanda Baumfeld:

It seems as though the Montebello City Council is headed back to its old ways.

Mayor Bill Molinari and Councilwoman Rosie Vasquez where at each others throats during Wednesday night’s meeting.

Vasquez ridiculed Molinari for not taking charge during a public comment portion of the meeting and for allowing the audience to make fun of her.

Bickering between the two continued all evening and heightened during a four hour heated discussion about Athens Service, a waste disposal company. The council on a 3-2 vote eventually granted Athens an exclusive right to all waste disposal in the city putting nearly 12 independent trash haulers out of business.

So, the city is basically allowing Athens to have a monopoly on waste disposal.

Molinari and Councilwoman Mary Anne Saucedo-Rodriguez both voted no saying they believe in the power of free enterprise and competition.

Vasquez also continuously yelled at the audience when they were cheering for one another and booing Athens employees. “I can not believe these are Montebello residents acting this way,” she said.