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Residents assail abrupt termination of longtime Gloucester County administrator at public comment
Summary
Dozens of residents used the Board of Supervisors’ public-comment period on April 7 to criticize the abrupt termination of county administrator Carol Steele, calling for transparency, an accounting of costs, and respect for process.
At Monday’s Gloucester County Board of Supervisors meeting, more than a dozen residents used the public-comment period to demand answers about the board's recent termination of county administrator Carol Steele and to call for transparent explanations of the decision and its fiscal impact.
Michael Hedrick opened several of the comments with a blunt rebuke: "This board has managed to make a real mess in just 3 months," he said, calling the firing "shameless" and warning that the action will harm the county’s reputation and budget. Multiple speakers echoed those themes and said Steele — a longtime county employee…
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