Public commenter alleges nepotism, says she will seek federal oversight of Shelby County offices

Pamela Moses used her three minutes of public comment at the Shelby County Board of Commissioners meeting to allege political interference in county personnel decisions and to say she will seek federal oversight.

Moses accused unnamed county officials of "gross ethical misconduct,” asserting that a former clerk’s-office employee told her people had been fired for political reasons. “When the mayor starts instructing clerks to hire and fire them, it's not just a broken system. It's compromised. It's pure nepotism, and that's overreach,” Moses said. She told the commission she will be asking for federal oversight into what she described as “misappropriations of funds and the abuse of power.”

Moses did not name a specific clerk or present documentary evidence during her remarks. The transcript records no formal response from commissioners to her allegations during the public-comment period. Several earlier public-comment speakers had offered thanks for county-funded youth travel opportunities; those speakers did not address Moses’s claims.

Because Moses’s statements are allegations made from the public-comment period, they remain unsubstantiated in the transcript and were not followed in the meeting by a staff report, investigation directive, or recorded vote.