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Former county attorney apologizes to commissioners for year-end budget overrun
Summary
Robert Anderson, former Ellis County attorney, apologized at the April 1 commission meeting after his office ended the year over budget, said the overrun stemmed primarily from overlapping attorney staffing, and described unpaid special-prosecutor work as restitution.
Robert Anderson, who served as Ellis County attorney from January 2021 through Jan. 13, 2025, appeared before the commission on April 1 to apologize for his office exceeding its budget in his final year in office.
"...the fourth year of my term, my office came in over budget. And so I've been feeling kinda lousy and embarrassed about that," Anderson said, attributing the overrun…
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