Peninsula Community Planning Board members were unexpressive Sept. 15 as they accepted the resignation of Chairman Suhail Khalil at their regular monthly meeting. Without discussion, the board voted 11-1 to accept Khalil’s resignation, with Norm Allenby casting the lone dissenting vote. The board also voted to select a replacement next month to fill Khalil’s term, which ends in March of next year. With the replacement on board, a new chair will be selected, said Helen Kinnaird, who is now the acting chairwoman as first vice chair. Khalil shocked fellow board members and onlookers last month when he abruptly announced his resignation in the middle of the meeting following a vote to investigate him for alleged improper communications with other organizations without first seeking approval from the entire board. In the days following the resignation, board members were abuzz with emails of support for Khalil. At one point, more than half of the 12 remaining board members were on record asking Khalil to reconsider his resignation, although he repeatedly refused to do so. Asked when the meeting ended to explain his “no” vote, Allenby said it was an expression of loyalty to a good leader. “I thought we lost a good man,” Allenby said. “(It’s) naval leadership 101: you support your leaders. Support your troops and they’ll support you.”