A Naperville Park District board commissioner is facing an ethics probe over his recent conduct on social media.
The controversy surrounding Commissioner Josh McBroom erupted this week when it was revealed he suggested in a private Facebook group that Executive Director Ray McGury is "beyond fed up" with the recent mask mandate issued by Gov. J.B. Pritzker. McBroom also reacted positively to a Facebook post insulting the five female board members.
McBroom apologized at Thursday's board meeting for what he wrote about McGury, saying he shouldn't be speaking for McGury and "doesn't know what's going on in his head." McBroom, however, stopped short of apologizing to the female commissioners who said McBroom engaged in "body-shaming" in a series of posts in a Facebook group.
McBroom early last week wrote in the Open DuPage and Will County Facebook group, a private page advocating to "Unmask the Kids," that it should be a requirement for board members supporting the mask mandate to play a full-court basketball game "masked up." A commenter replied with a disparaging remark about the female board members, and McBroom responded with a laughing emoji.
"I responded quickly to a comment," McBroom said. "End of the day, I'm a citizen and there's nothing that says an elected official cannot say what they want to say."
McBroom said he doesn't support the mask policy and it's within his rights to express those views online with "like-minded people" and his supporters.
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