Escambia County District Attorney Stephen Billy is seeking an impeachment charge against school board member and newspaper publisher Sherry Digmon based on what he says are violations to state law.
An Atmore News newspaper box on Main Street contains the publication's latest edition highlighting the arrests and indictments of its publisher and reporter on charges they illegally disclosed information pertaining to a grand jury proceeding.The publisher of The Atmore News could be the first local school board member impeached in Alabama in 17 years under a indictment filed last week in Escambia County that one longtime school officials says is a “weaponization” of Alabama law.
“I think all school board members across the state should be concerned this act could be weaponized to substitute a decision of the school board by a DA who see things differently,” Smith toldUnder the indictment, Digmon is accused – among other things – of ignoring “all the positive things” that Escambia County Superintendent Michele McClung had accomplished since her hiring in 2021. Digmon was one of four school board members to vote not to renew McClung’s contract on Oct.
Smith said the lack of a statement from Digmon was likely to “protect the superintendent,” adding that commenting on why she voted against renewal “could be publicly stigmatizing.” Digmon also “never abstained from voting to approve payments to her own business” while serving as a school board member, the indictment reads.
Smith called the language a “cheap shot” at Digmon, saying “there was nothing wrong with going to conferences.”on Friday that the language in the indictment “tosses some ugly stones” at his client. He accused Billy of trying to get Digmon removed from the school board through the courts so he can “replace her with a friendly board of education member” from Atmore who would then lead a revote of McClung’s contract renewal.Said Smith, “Obviously, the community should share its opinions and views .
According to Billy, Digmon failed to attend a Sept. 26 meeting to vote on McClung’s contract. Digmon, according to the indictment, had “extensive communications with other board members before and after the Sept. 26 meeting.” Not enough board members attended on Sept. 26 and the meeting could not take place.
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