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Residents accuse Fairview officials of ethics violations during public comment; board offers no immediate disciplinary action
Summary
During public comment, two residents alleged potential sunshine-law and ethics violations by named commissioners and the city attorney and called for resignations. The board heard the accusations but took no immediate disciplinary action; the allegations were described by speakers as reported to county and state authorities.
Several Fairview residents used the public-comment portion of the April 2 Board of Commissioners meeting to raise formal allegations of ethics and sunshine-law violations against elected officials and a city attorney.
Janet Gatewood, who spoke first during public comment, said she had submitted complaints to the Williamson County District Attorney’s office and the Tennessee Ethics Commission alleging that a commissioner falsified a disclosure form by omitting a bankruptcy and that other commissioners and the city attorney had improperly coordinated personnel matters. Gatewood urged the immediate resignation of Commissioner Don Buffalini and said the matter involved potential state-law…
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