INTERVIEW – RON MEYER- member of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors (Broad Run District)

• Motion to censure Loudoun School Board member Joy Maloney for Trump rally arrest fails. The Loudoun County School Board voted against considering a motion to censure board member Joy Maloney (Broad Run) for her Aug. 2 arrest at a Donald Trump rally at Briar Woods High School. Board members Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) and Eric DeKenipp (Catoctin) co-wrote a resolution for the board to formally condemn Maloney for her actions at the rally. Community members spoke at the meeting to ask the board to not censure Maloney and to let her have due process in court for her actions before reprimanding her. Maloney is scheduled to appear in court for a preliminary hearing tomorrow morning on a trespassing charge. Before Chairman Eric Hornberger (Ashburn) had a chance to read the motion to introduce the resolution aloud, Brenda Sheridan (Sterling) objected to considering it. Hornberger then asked the board to vote on whether or not to discuss the resolution at all. DeKenipp asked Hornberger why Sheridan’s motion to object was allowed. The chairman cited a page of Robert’s Rules of Order that said “objection to consideration takes precedence” over the original motion. The board ultimately voted against discussing the censure, with six opposed, Maloney abstaining and Turgeon and DeKenipp in favor.
• Loudoun Democrats rally support for Maloney ahead of School Board censure vote. Jill Turgeon (Blue Ridge) and Eric DeKenipp (Catoctin) wrote a resolution to formally condemn Maloney’s actions at the rally. The board is set to vote on the resolution at Tuesday night’s meeting. The Loudoun County Democratic Committee recently sent out a press release asking those who support Maloney to speak at tonight’s meeting and to contact their School Board representative. Maloney is scheduled to appear in Loudoun County General District court tomorrow morning for the trespassing charge against her.