A Hillsboro City Council meeting Tuesday erupted in chaos and prompted two members of the council to publicly call on another to resign as the suburban Washington County community remains engulfed in a public reckoning over the role of data centers and the tax incentives that attract them.
In a Wednesday Facebook post, Councilor Elizabeth Case wrote she will be asking the council to publicly censure Councilor Cristian Salgado over his decision the night before to use his cellphone to record community activists who attended the council session as they spoke out against the industry’s growth in Hillsboro. Councilor Saba Anvery echoed that call on Instagram.
Meanwhile at the meeting, Councilor Olivia Alcaire accused Salgado of antagonizing the audience and further raising tensions as he livestreamed the back-and-forth from his perspective…