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Resident uses public comment to allege forgery and asks commissioners to recuse two members
Summary
During public comment a resident said they had filed a 38-page lawsuit alleging forgery and other crimes involving named officials and asked the commission to recuse two commissioners; the chair interrupted the remarks and no formal recusal vote or investigation motion appears in the meeting record.
A public commenter told the Roane County Commission during the public-comment period that they had filed a 38-page lawsuit with five exhibits alleging forgery, kidnapping-related property transfers and other crimes involving named local officials and requested that the commission "recuse Holly and Kirby."
The commenter said the complaint names a county attorney (identified in the speaker's remarks as Gerald Weeds) and Tom McFarland and asserted the chief justice's signature had been…
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