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Resident urges apology, diversity training after transit board chair’s comments about Black Student Union
Summary
A written public comment read at the March 17 Madison County Board meeting urged an apology and diversity training after Ron Jedda, who serves on a local recreation board and the Madison County Transit Board, criticized a high school Black Student Union fundraising post and described Black Lives Matter as 'divisive.' The board recorded the comment and discussed free-speech bounds but took no formal action.
At the March 17 meeting, the board read a public comment from Cynthia Klein-Webb expressing alarm over public statements by Ron Jedda, identified in the comment as the president of a community recreational district board and chairman of the Madison County Transit Board, about a Collinsville High School Black Student Union fundraiser.
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