For the third time, the McKamey Animal Center’s governing body attempted to kick off a board member who questioned the former executive director’s $10,000 bonus and triggered a city investigation.
And once again, the attempt was defeated by its own bylaws when it couldn’t muster 10 votes to oust Carol Goodman, whom board member Barby Wilson called “a cancer that needs to be cut out.”
Goodman, who skipped the meeting, believes she has been targeted in retaliation for speaking out.
“I think I’m being kicked off the board primarily because I asked questions about the finances,” she said. “They don’t want anybody looking over their shoulders; they want to run [the shelter] like it’s a private business.”
Her opponents said she was a nuisance who hurt the board’s reputation.