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Article: Culture Clash; Fired Cultural Council director says that he's the victim of a hostile takeover.
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- Monterey County Weekly
- Article date:
- February 11, 2004
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When describing his last 16 months as director of the Cultural Council for Monterey County, David Cloutier uses phrases like "hostile takeover" and "chaos" and "vehemence."
Cloutier, who says in January he was told he was "dismissed with cause" after serving for 14 years as the nonprofit's director, claims not to know what is behind the termination of his employment, but says that he has hired an attorney to represent him.
Cloutier says he was shut out of meetings between board members. And when he was on vacation last November, he says, the board went behind his back and terminated the Council's popular World Music Festival.
"It's really hard to understand, but ultimately it seems they ...