Tennessee city council meeting erupts after vice mayor stands by scathing email telling resident to ‘go back into tree’

A Tennessee vice mayor blasted a resident in a scathing email — then doubled down when confronted about the message at a heated city council meeting. Gallatin resident Michael Zinser had been vocal about his opposition to fast-moving new developments in the town — about 30 miles outside Nashville — and recently fired off an email to the city council laying out his grievances, WKRN reported. But Zinser said Vice Mayor Craig Hayes’ response was anything but professional, claiming Hayes disrespected and bashed him in the reply. Gallatin Vice Mayor Craig Hayes doubled down after telling resident Michael Zinser to “go back into the tree you crawled out of” in an email. ABC2 Zinser — a resident in the community for nearly 50 years — said he found the response “unprofessional, disrespectful, and