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Hamilton County commissioners votes to take spending money back
Call them the Sneaky Six.
Say hello to Hamilton County Commissioners Chester Bankston, Tim Boyd, Randy Fairbanks, Warren Mackey, Sabrena Smedley and Jim Fields.
As reported Wednesday at timesfreepress.com and in today’s print edition by reporter Louie Brogdon, those six county commissioners decided that they had to have their $100,000-per-commissioner discretionary fund in next year’s budget. Had to. Simply needed it like you and I need sleep.
Those six decided that their needs were more important than the process, which rightly and smartly eliminated commissioners’ discretionary funds from the budget on the cusp of final approval. They made the command decision that the wants of a half dozen counted for more than the wishes of the people. Sure, they will try to claim these six-figure accounts are for their districts.