On Monday when Rick Briggs enriched the son of his campaign treasurer and when he joined with a couple of Black Wednesday Commissioner and a Commissioner that has plead Guilty to a crime of moral turpitude.
They have cost the county $47,000. The bond for the Knox County Trustee was $8,000 and sources close to the Trustees Office indicate that Leuthold’s bond is $55,000. Knox County Finance Director Casual Chris Caldwell said that the bonding companies said that if Commission appointed a reasonable person he would get bonded. Clearly the companies looked into Leuthold’s background and he is only deemed reasonable for an additional $47,000 in OUR money.
Each of the six Commissioners (the ones that voted for Leuthold) should have to contribute $7,833 of their discretionary dollars (our taxpayer dollars that they use to distribute to organizations to facilitate their reelection) to pay for the Leuthold loophole $47,000
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