First, Chad Tindell reported that no one from the Mayor’s office was present at the Commission meeting, except John Troyer. I sat about three or four rows behind CBT and his lovely wife. I counted at least 6 employees of the County Mayor’s office present in the Main Assembly Room.

Now, the “reporter” Sandra Clark said that the Mayor’s office had to have leaked the audit to her employer E.W. Scripps Knoxville News-Sentinel. That wasn’t true as usual for S.Clark. the County Mayor’s office did not receive the final report until 6:25 p.m. in sealed envelopes personally given to them by one Richard Walls.

It would have helped Mr. Walls for him to have given it to them an hour or two before the meeting because they could have warned him that he was about to violate Federal law in disclosing Todd Cook’s Social Security number. The copy that I obtained from Mr. Walls staff had the Social Security number revealed.

How could someone that has been the Independent County Auditor for several years do such sloppy, careless work as to violate Federal law? Will there be outrage from the Commissioners to have Walls resign or reimburse the county for his careless disregard for the law?