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Hi I'm Chase Matheson with the Patriot Punk Network bringing you the latest TN News in 3 minutes or less. This is our Today in Tennessee Segment
Round 1
The Spending habbits of the outgoing Sheriff are raising eyebrows in Dyer County.
Though Sheriff Jeff Box chose not to pursue another term, some locals are still digging in to the administration.
A records request posted by the Justice Warriors shows a slew of expenses charged to the county credit card for what seem to be personal purchases.
There's an ebay order, a flight to Fort Lauderdale with his wife's name referenced, a couple flights out of Jersey, and several other travel related charges.
These charges were noted on the release as being paid or reimbursed
but the Mayor's office said they were unable to provide any proof of such reimbursement.
The justice warriors and ourselves both reached out to the Sheriff for comment and to see if he could provide a copy of a canceled check or some other proof he paid the county back
At the time of this publication, we had not heard back from the sheriff Box.
Round 2
Speaking of public officials with something they dont want to discuss one Mayor is doubling down on his decision to hide, Or in this case, maybe even delete things.
Joey Hobbs, Mayor of Manchester who runs a Facebook page with the same name, was recently caught deleting comments
Now, on official government pages, this is usually a violation of the first Amendment, but, on personal pages that's not the case.
So is his page personal, or government?
Hobbs says personal.
And not only did he admit to removing the comments, but he doubled down with a statement to thunder radio saying
"Regarding the comments referenced in your questions, those comments were removed or hidden by a page administrator as part of the moderation of my personal page."
He then spends 3 paragraphs of legalese arguing the specifics, and finished with a sly attack on the outlet for asking the question.
So, whay do you think? Is this a "personal page" or "government page" Sound off in the comments
That's 2 stories down with 1 to go, if you're sick and tired of corruption in Tennessee, smash that like button like mashed taters and lets get this video to 200 likes
Round 3
Tonight there's a special called emergency committee meeting in Sumner County to address the Latimer House
For those who dont know, the 18th century home belonged to a William Brown and the drama started in 2015 when the County made a deal.
That deal included them purchasing 265 acres from William Brown, but gave him a life estate in the home.
When he passed, Brown gave the county half a million dollars to maintain the historic property. No surprise, the county had NOOO problem taking the money.
But, they seem to have forgotten their part of that deal. 8 years later, the home has yet to be maintained.
Commissioner Jeremy Mansfield has been championing the issue and gives a pretty good breakdown on his page with more details.
There's a committee meeting TONIGHT at 630pm where the future of the property will be discussed. Be there if you can.
While you're here, there was also more cops exposed in Knoxville, and a comptroller report out of dekalb that we didn't have time to cover
I think we might need more potatoes.
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