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Downtown merchant accuses appointed board member of sending insulting messages, demands resignation
Summary
At the August 2025 Henderson City Council meeting, downtown business owner Donovan Dixon accused a board member (named in the transcript as Bridal Ballard) of sending insulting social-media messages, cited his downtown sales figures and demanded the appointment be rescinded; HEDCO leadership urged dialogue and community engagement.
Donovan Dixon, a downtown merchant who said he has run a shop in Henderson for 26 years, used the council's public-comment period to accuse a board appointee of sending insulting messages and to demand that the appointee be removed.
"I want Bridal Ballard's resignation, or I want that appointment done away with," Dixon said, reading private messages he said were sent to him. He told the council he had compiled sales records and cited…
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