If you need to resign, you might as well do it in style and with some fun. That’s what Councilman David Waddell decided to do. The politician, who represents Indian Trail, N.C., decided to translate his letter into Klingon using Bing. The resignation letter was sent to Mayor Michael Alvarez as an “inside joke.” The Mayor has since called the letter “childish,” “unprofessional,” and an “embarrassment.”

Waddell’s resignation is effective on January 31. This is his first term and his four-year seat would have expired in December 2015.

The politician resigned over disagreements with the rest of the council. Both runaway development and how requests for public information is handled are two of the issues cited by Waddell. In November, a plan to establish more fees for some public records and add more restrictions on how they can be viewed was tabled.

Waddell also has stated he needs to devote time to mounting a write-in campaign on the Constitution Party’s platform against U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan.

(via The Charlotte Observer)