The Hamilton County Commission certainly doesn’t mind spending $10,000 of our money — maybe more — to find out if Weston Wamp is indeed the mayor of the county.
No, they’re not saying outright this is what they’re doing. They may not even realize it. But consider this quote uttered Wednesday in a meeting where our 11 commissioners unanimously voted to try thwarting an action taken by the new 35-year-old mayor who took office on Sept. 1.
“This is not dealing with an individual. In my mind, this is dealing with the integrity of this commission and of our county government,” District 9 Commissioner Steve Highlander, 70, said.
Where have we heard the word “integrity” lately? Well, in regard to elections and their outcomes, of course.
So last Friday when Wamp fired Rheubin Taylor, the county’s attorney of three decades who has had his own share of controversies and knows 30 years of courthouse secrets, our middle-aged-to-old, tradition-bound, all-male commission drew itself up into a knot and acted like a bunch of crabby old goats.