Nugalbags, I’m sure you are able to discern the best way forward from all of this rambling to and fro. If you have the support of your EC and they have the support of the majority of the community, the mechanism is there to take this person out of the picture without breaking any laws, by-laws or risking defamation or any other legal redress. It’s democracy at work.
If your fellow EC members and other owners disagree with you, so be it. That’s politics.