I am not surprise that dbshck is one of the top sender of merits this because he/she is a merit source and does only do his/her job actively sending merits. The user usually handed 4 merits on every posts that he/she merited. I cannot see reason that this user must be accountable in any problems in that local board.
Anyway, whatever problem the local board has let it solve by them at their level and no need to reach out the forum admins as much as possible. There are local boards moderators and for sure those users should be PM first and should have respected the chain. It is not a good idea to directly go over admins or global forum moderators without asking first the local boards moderators. This is how it should be done and posting here would less likely to be appreciated by theymos.
Anyway, whatever problem the local board has let it solve by them at their level and no need to reach out the forum admins as much as possible. There are local boards moderators and for sure those users should be PM first and should have respected the chain. It is not a good idea to directly go over admins or global forum moderators without asking first the local boards moderators. This is how it should be done and posting here would less likely to be appreciated by theymos.