Nearly every member of the Community Diversity Engagement Committee was swept off the panel recently as several Keizer city councilors jettisoned those volunteers in favor of their hand-picked choices.
“It did appear that the CDEC was intentionally purged,” said Jane Titchenal, who briefly lost her own seat before Mayor Cathy Clark put her back on.
The councilors acted on Monday, April 7, using new city rules that gave each councilor the power appoint a representative…
