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Residents demand action after Rock County employee’s social post praising Charlie Kirk killing
Summary
Multiple Rock County residents criticized a county employee’s social media post celebrating the killing of Charlie Kirk and urged the Board of Supervisors to enforce personnel policies; no formal disciplinary action was announced during the meeting.
Dozens of Rock County residents used the board’s public-comment period to call for the termination of a county employee after an attendee said the employee posted online celebrating the killing of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
The comments centered on the remarks allegedly posted by an employee identified in public comment as Heather Buchholtz. Antonio Nunez, a Janesville resident, told the board he was “shocked and disappointed” and read what he said were the employee’s social-media remarks: “I’ll ******* celebrate it. A man who basically didn't give a **** about hundreds of kids being murdered because guns are worth it. Getting shot to death is the most poetic justice ever. **** that guy. Literally do not give a **** that he die.”
Why it matters: commenters said the post violates county conduct rules and erodes public…
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