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Fairness of Marion County’s 911 board questioned

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photo Kimball City Attorney and Marion County Attorney Billy Gouger
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JASPER, Tenn. – One Marion County commissioner is questioning the equality of district representation across the nine members of the county’s 911 board.

Commissioner Jody Rollins said he wants to know how the 911 board was chosen, because he doesn’t think the county’s 2nd district is represented well.

“There’s not but one representative from the second district on it, and some of the districts have three or four members,” he said.

County Mayor John Graham said Rollins had “a valid point.”

The Marion County Commission recently appointed Lester Roberts and Ryan Meeks to the 911 board, but neither is from District 2.