Berry Cut Off From Meeting, Cites ‘History Of Exclusion’

Things became heated at the Jackson County Fire District 1 Oct. 14 meeting, with a director describing being cut off from his remote connection to the meeting as part of a “long history of bullying and exclusion” during his term on the board.

The board was in the usual, rudimentary process of reviewing and adopting the minutes of past meetings, including those from Thursday. Sept. 24, the day the board interviewed and hired Dave Blakely…