Letters to the County Judge claim it was said during a private conversation with another member of the same committee.
SAN ANTONIO — A Bexar County Committee Chairman has been fired after he reportedly called a county commissioner a derogatory name.
Letters to the County Judge claim it was said during a private conversation with another member of the same committee.
Christopher Forbrich, the former chairman of the small minority and women owned business enterprise board, had a lot to say.
Commissioners voted to remove him from his position on Tuesday after Judge Peter Sakai received multiple complaints about a crude name he allegedly called Commissioner Rebeca Clay-Flores.
Forbrich defended himself, arguing his language in that “private conversation” was a form of protected political speech, and revealed he hired a lawyer over claims he did not receive timely notice of Tuesday’s hearing, which Sakai denied.
Meanwhile, Clay-Flores thanked commissioners for their …