Howard County Councilman Opel Jones introduced legislation Monday to reform the role of the county auditor after a recent report led to protests and calls for the auditor’s removal.
Last month, County Auditor Craig Glendenning released a report questioning whether the Howard County Library System gave a local chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha special treatment when the group held an event at the Central Branch in October 2022.
However, activists say the report unfairly targeted Library System CEO and President Tonya Aikens because she is Black. The activists and two council members – Jones and Christiana Rigby – say that repeated references to “American-American women in white dresses” in the auditor’s report were inappropriate.
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