YAKIMA, Wash. (AP) — A Yakima City Council member has missed over two dozen meetings while continuing to collect his monthly stipend.

Jason White has missed 21 council meetings including one in which the 2021 budget was passed and at least seven additional meetings related to board, commission and committee assignments.

He continues to collect his monthly $1,075 city stipend, however.

White became controversial when he posted on his personal Facebook account that the president of Yakima Pride, was “an idiot” and encouraged people to act against COVID-19 health recommendations.

The City Council censured him in April, saying the posts violated the council’s code of conduct.