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Mar 7, 2021
Public officials outside Cleveland County are warning residents that the county commissionâs decision to dissolve a budget board could have lasting consequences.
Two weeks following the Cleveland County Commissionâs 2-1 decision to end the budget board, The Transcript spoke with several county elected officials and experts on budget and excise boards.
Critics of the commissionâs decision have said the move means fewer eyes on the budget and but others say oversight falls to an independent board whose members have no self interest in how county funds are spent â appointed members of the excise board.
One member is appointed from each commissioner district by the commission, the Oklahoma Tax Commission and the district judiciary who each appoint a candidate.
âTripAdvisor: After seeing the commercials, we assumed the Keys would be safe. Imagine our shock at the packed restaurants, lack of masks, horrible traffic and crowds. So much for truth in advertising, showing deserted beaches and calm streets instead of the zoo the Florida Keys really are. Shameful.â
âNo need for cruise ships. The city is packed without them!â
âI was up reading around 1:15 a.m. There was a large and loud jet flying into Key West. What ever happened to the sensible restrictions/curfew on the time and number of airplanes coming to our little island? We are exchanging one set of traffic problems (ships) with another (airplanes).
Texas AG Ken Paxton s Office Says Whistleblower Protections Don t Extend to His Accusers
On 3/2/21 at 6:47 PM EST
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton s office says whistleblower claims against him should be thrown out because he s technically not a state employee, but rather an elected official.
The embattled attorney general stands accused of widespread bribery and corruption claims from eight former staffers in his office. Four of them say they were fired after reporting Paxton s numerous illegal activities to the FBI and Texas Rangers last year a move which is illegal under the protections of the Texas Whistleblower Act.
But Paxton s office on Monday unsuccessfully tried to convince a Travis County judge that Paxton is not actually an employee of the Office of the Attorney General. Instead, lawyer William Helfand argued Paxton is an elected official whose alleged bribes of a campaign donor should not be subject to a whistleblower lawsuit.
Can Governor Cuomo overcome scandals surrounding his office?
We re getting reaction from political experts about Cuomo s political future.
and last updated 2021-03-01 18:24:35-05
âLet s be honest with ourselves, we look to see what happens at a car wreck when we go by on the highway, and this is the political equivalent of that,â explained U.B. Political Science Associate Professor, Jacob Neigheisel.
As a second scandal in as many months swirls around Governor Andrew Cuomo, so too does the intrigue of what will happen next according Neiheisel. âAnything taken in isolation might be ignored or might only occupy a news cycle or two. Itâs something that has snowballed into a real problem for the office.â