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Resident urges caution on county 'intervening' in item 18, warns of legal costs
Summary
Joanna Friedberg told the Erath County Commissioners Court she opposes county intervention on agenda item 18, saying it could interfere with local efforts and could be costly; she urged commissioners to reconsider before voting.
Joanna Friedberg told the Erath County Commissioners Court on March 23 that she opposes the county 'intervening' on agenda item 18 and urged commissioners to reconsider.
Friedberg said a local group (transcript phrasing: '3 91') had mobilized volunteers and residents in support of their work and that county intervention would be largely symbolic at best. She warned that full legal participation could be expensive, saying it "could cost upwards of a 150 to $500,000 to hire the, PEC attorneys," and urged commissioners to pause because she said strategy had not been completed.
"So please stop and think about this before you vote on it," Friedberg said.
The chair acknowledged Friedberg's comment but did not record a response committing the county to or against intervention during the public-comment segment. The transcript records no formal vote or action on item 18 during this portion of the meeting.
Note on transcript phrasing: the cost figure Friedberg stated in the meeting transcript was phrased as "a 150 to $500,000," which is ambiguous about the lower bound; the article quotes her words and does not infer a corrected dollar amount.
