Two doctors have been appointed to the Houston County Healthcare Authority board.
During a regular meeting of the Houston County Commission on Monday, commissioners unanimously voted to appoint Dr. Debora Pettway to represent District 1 and Dr. Bruce Wozow for District 2.
"He called her a girl and said 'it must be hard to volunteer when you have a boatload of children,'"Herring said at the Sept. 21 admin meeting."She is a woman; she is a mother. Those comments are uncalled for; it's misogynistic, it's discrimination." This wasn't the only thing Herring took issue with. He said Sowell, whose term is ending soon, appointed himself to the nominating committee, which is a violation of the board's bylaws.
As for Ivey, after meeting with a representative, it became clear to him the list of nominees was already created prior to discussing them with him. Ivey also requested the resignation of Bob Theune, who Ivey believes has not been acting in the matter he was appointed to represent District 4.In other action Monday, the county commission:
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