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County judge travel request approved after tense debate over travel approvals and oversight

2818091 · March 10, 2025
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Summary

Commissioners debated whether the county judge should be approved to attend a mandated judicial education session and whether travel approvals should remain a court-level item; commissioners raised concerns about the judge's absences and outstanding reconciliations before ultimately recording approval.

Dimmit County commissioners approved a request for the County Judge to attend a spring judicial education session in Lubbock, but the approval followed an extended and at times heated debate over the county’s practice of placing travel and training approvals on the commissioners’ court agenda.

The judge told the court the spring…

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