Ohio Arts Council board member under fire for offensive comments - News - Columbus Alive columbusalive.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from columbusalive.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
An Ohio Arts Council board member resigned Friday after she appeared to voice her support earlier in the week on social media for the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Susan Allan Block, of Toledo, wrote on Facebook on Thursday, “No Peace! No Unity! No Concession! No legitimacy to a stolen election! She also called Vice President-elect Kamala Harris a whore.
Her resignation was accepted on Friday by Gov. Mike DeWine, who had reappointed her in 2019 to the state agency that funds arts initiatives. She originally was named to the post in 2016 by then-Gov. John Kasich.
Prior to Block s resignation, DeWine’s office provided the following statement to The Dispatch: “Susan Block’s comments are highly offensive and do not represent the views of this administration.”