Today, the Board of Supervisors had a special meeting and another closed session to discuss an item that was on the agenda for the August 27 meeting.
I had already reported on this on August 24.
https://johnchiv.blogspot.com/2024/08/which-county-employee-are-bos-meeting.html?m=1
By now who the employee is and the votes are known to some people. Almost three weeks later, this is hardly breaking news.
The real story is why this employee was fired. I saw First District Supervisor Rex Bohn at the courthouse shortly before noon guffawing as usual. Do the other local "media" have the guts to investigate in depth if this is inconvenient to Rexy and Second District Supervisor Michelle Bushnell or the County? Based on the past, I doubt it.
People should wait for minutes or details on the action item or the video from today's meeting which are not available; yet. We will never know the real story unless someone has the guts to step up and tip off independent media and even then, there is no guarantee of confirmation because it is a personnel issue. Reporting is not just sending an email to the County and PIO; a good reporter does research, investigation and knows how to get information. Who leaked the Karen Paz Dominguez items on the FPPC agenda? Most local media either follows up on news reported here or elsewhere first and the occasional "news" they report is someone handing them an inside tip with an agenda.
Only Lost Coast Outpost has a brief report today. LOCO claims the employee is Humboldt Aviation Director Cody Roggatz who resigned "effective immediately" and that Rexy and Bushnell were the two Supervisors against this sudden development. Whoever leaked this to LOCO either does not know why the employee left or does not have credible evidence. The bigger story is that this was on the agenda almost 3 weeks ago. No other local media reported on it or followed when it was originally on the agenda.
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