At the last Henry County Board of Commissioners Meeting the Commissioners voted to do away with the in house legal department and thus eliminating Attorney LaTonya Nix Wiley’s position. She will no longer be the County Attorney as of September 1, 2014. The Board voted to out source the position by a 5-1 vote with Chairman Smith voting against the move. He said, “that most large counties have their own in house legal team and with Henry County we are going the opposite direction.” Beginning September 2, 2014 the law firms of Power and Jaugstetter along with the law firm of Fincher, Denmark, Williams and Minnifield will take over the County Attorney duties. Attorney Patrick Jaugstetter was once the Henry County Attorney.
The larger law firm named above handle the affairs of Stockbridge, McDonough and Locust Grove just as the Smith, Welch, White and Webb firm once did. Strange these cities can’t split up the duties and not have the same firm with all. Somewhere it was mention when the Welch firm had those duties that it was a conflict of interest and now these cities and the county are headed down that same path.
Chairman Smith hinted that politics are involved with this deal. According to the write up in the Herald the wording came from the County Manager Mr. Walker. Yet, the same line was quoted and presented by District 2 Commissioner Brian Preston. As time passes more information will come out about this deal.
Pastor Dr. Mike Moon
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