Washington County Board of Commissioners removed local activist Shaun Porter from the July 15 meeting on three separate occasions despite showing no overt signs of causing a disturbance. Each time Porter entered the hearing room, Commissioner President John Barr called a recess and directed to clear the chamber before the session could resume.
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Porter, a frequent attendee at county meetings whom the county issued a trespass letter against, quietly entered the room in the middle of the session. Barr requested Porter to leave, and when Porter did not comply, Barr announced a recess, and cleared the room. As officials reconvened, Porter returned; once again, the room was emptied and the meeting paused. This pattern repeated multiple times, forcing commissioners to postpone the rest of the open session until the next county meeting.
Despite no visible or audible outbursts by Porter captured by the live stream during these interruptions, commissioners maintained that clearing the room was necessary to uphold order.
The county has recently stopped allowing public comment during meetings, which is possibly linked to previous public comments by Porter and others.
Article by multiple contributors, based upon information from the Washington County Board of Commissioners meeting video
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