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Admittedly, I don't know a great deal about the workings of Hall County government, but the usurpation of authority by dictator Craig Lutz and his two henchmen, Ashley Bell and Scott Gibbs, two of whom were not even in office yet, is untenable, unbelievable and seemingly illegal.
How can one commissioner and two not yet in power be allowed to fire the top county officials and replace them with their own higher priced cronies without the knowledge and or consent of the commission chairman and the entire board?
Having a majority vote and with Gibbs as vice chairman and the three conspirators will have unlimited power to do whatever and hire whoever is in their and their supporters' best interests at the expense of Hall County.
We citizens of Hall County have to get our commission back from these would-be dictator as by whatever means necessary and available whether it be recall from the last election, a lawsuit or prolonged organized protests.
Jim Scharnagel
Gainesville