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Resident accuses commissioner and county counsel of conspiracy; commissioners deny picking a side

Board of Clark County Commissioners · January 21, 2026
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Summary

During public comment at the Clark County commissioners’ meeting, a resident alleged that Commissioner Sasha Rittenhouse and county legal counsel Beau Thompson conspired against the local Republican Party; Commissioners and counsel denied the allegation and said no written direction or county vote authorized such actions.

Mary Ann Schmidt, a Springfield Township resident, used her public-comment time at the Clark County commissioners’ meeting on Jan. 21 to make a long, detailed accusation that Commissioner Sasha L. Rittenhouse and Chief Legal Counsel Beau Thompson had testified and acted on behalf of a faction she calls a rival Clark County Republican Party, and that their actions amounted to a plot to "overthrow the lawful Clark County Republican Party." She asked the county to provide "written…

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