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Motion to require HR director to issue public retraction over Fair Board remarks fails
Summary
A motion asking HR Director Jonathan Holmgren to draft a public retraction (to be read at the next business meeting and published in the Bonner County Daily Bee) for statements he made about the Fair Board failed after debate and public comment. Residents and Fair Board volunteers sought a public correction; legal counsel cautioned about ordering an employee to state an untruth.
Bonner County commissioners on Dec. 23 declined to direct Human Resources Director Jonathan Holmgren to draft a public retraction of statements he made in a Dec. 4 meeting that some Fair Board members said suggested they had acted outside their authority.
Commissioner Williams brought the item at the request of volunteer Fair Board members who said Holmgren's December remarks and a subsequent article in the Bonner County Daily Bee harmed volunteers’ reputations. His motion asked that Holmgren…
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