VALENCIA COUNTY COMMISSIONER DAVID HYDER IS CENSURED AND ASKED TO STEP DOWN FROM HIS POSITION. IT’S OVER ALLEGATIONS HE HAD INAPPROPRIATE CONTACT WITH THREE COUNTY WORKERS. HYDER WAS PUBLICLY CENSURED DURING THURSDAY NIGHT’S SPECIAL COMMISSION MEETING, DURING HE WAS ASKED TO RESIGN.
THREE PEOPLE CAME FORWARD IN JANUARY TO TELL THE COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT HYDER INAPPROPRIATELY HAD TOUCHED THEM. CHANNEL 13 NEWS REPORTS HE’S ACCUSED OF TOUCHING THEIR HAIR AND SHOULDERS.
HYDER ADMITS TO TOUCHING THEM, BUT SAYS IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE OFFENSIVE.
