Manhattan city commissioner Andrew Von Lintel told The Mercury Friday he will remain in his position despite a “significant setback” and mental breakdown.
“January 12th I had a very hard time going to sleep and I ended up with less than 1 hour of sleep that night,” Von Lintel wrote in a public statement on his campaign Facebook page Friday. “I went and participated in the Commission meeting on the 13th and couldn’t get to sleep that night either. On Wednesday my mind broke down. I went into psychosis but was still trying to do my duties at Big Lakes. I failed miserably and put myself and my client in danger. I shouldn’t have been driving or working at all. I should have been sleeping.”
Von Lintel was not present at this week’s city commission meeting and also missed a regular city-county meeting. He said he was recently released after receiving medical care.
