When charm fails. Ansonia mayor: Complainers can “kiss my mother%#*&@^g ass.”

David Cassetti, Ansonia’s Republican mayor, is built for this coarse age, but he may found its limits this week.

Cassetti is as thin-skinned as he foul-mouthed. In a social media post, the unsuccessful 2024 candidate for the state House of Representatives, took offense at someone complaining about a garbage can. Ansonia residents need to attach garbage cans to their ears when Cassetti thunders forth. He wrote in response to a complaint:

The comment was deleted–but not before Ansonia Democrats caught a screenshot and demanded Cassetti’s resignation in their own incensed but properly stated social media post. Cassetti is serving his sixth two-year term as mayor. Cassetti has been re-elected five consecutive times by wide margins, but was defeated by the controversial state Representative Kara Rochelle in November by 700 votes.

Published May 7, 2025.