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Rahman would not answer questions about what sparked the complaint or give more specifics about her concerns with Skinner’s behavior.

“It’s in the hands of the chair,” she said. “I want to let the process unfold as it needs to.”

Under the trustee code of conduct, the board chair, Arlene Morell, will now determine whether an investigation is warranted. Tuesday night, she said she did not have “substansive (sic) evidence” to show that Skinner had violated the code of conduct, which requires trustees to act in “a manner that will inspire public confidence in the abilities and integrity of the board.”

Skinner said Tuesday that answers to questions from the media and the public would come “in the fullness of time,” but refused to say when.

Skinner and Blackridge have faced mounting criticism in the last two weeks since the firm’s co-owner, Amir Farahi, was linked publicly in court documents to the registration and payment of two smear websites. Those online attacks took aim at the personal lives of Maureen Cassidy and Virginia Ridley, including an allegation of child abuse in Ridley’s case because she once took her son to a weekend budget meeting.