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Resident urges board to hold commissioner accountable after public remark about residents
Summary
A LaPorte County resident said Commissioner Steve Holifield called residents who share information online 'cowardly losers' at an earlier meeting, urged the president to respond and suggested resignation if professionalism is not upheld; no formal response or disciplinary action was recorded at the Nov. 19 meeting.
Sue Antashevsky, a LaPorte County resident, used the public-comment period at the Nov. 19 commissioners meeting to accuse Commissioner Steve Holifield of publicly calling residents who share information online 'cowardly losers' at the Oct. 15 meeting.
Antashevsky said the comment was made on Facebook and that county residents "give you your voice and provide you this mandate." She told the board that if a commissioner cannot represent residents respectfully and equally, "perhaps you should step down," and she also urged President Connie Grammarosa to have condemned the remark when it occurred.
The allegation was presented during public comment and was not answered with a formal on-the-record rebuttal or disciplinary action during the Nov. 19 meeting. The transcript records the allegation and the board’s continuation of the agenda without a recorded formal response.
The matter remains a public-allegation and was not adjudicated at the meeting; any formal investigation or ethics proceeding would need to be initiated or referenced separately to establish outcome or corrective action.
