Stokes lifts appointment of health-board chairman: Commissioners question secret ballot that ended director's job

From Sherry Youngquist of the Winston-Salem Journal:

The Stokes County Board of Commissioners has stripped the chairman of the county board of health of his appointment.

Dr. Nick Chalfa, a doctor who lives in Danbury and has served on the health board for more than four years, was removed from the board Monday night after a discussion arose about whether he violated state open-meetings laws by allowing a board vote by secret ballot.