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Commissioner exchange: Orlando Gooden criticizes chair’s travel and past contract; chair rebukes decorum
Summary
Orlando Gooden accused the board chair of exceeding travel expenses, using a county officer as chauffeur, and links to a past $559,000 contract; the chair denied voting on that contract and demanded he stop speaking, ending in a sharp exchange on decorum.
At the Aug. 4 meeting, Orlando Gooden used his public-comment time to make a series of accusations about the board chair's travel and expense practices and alleged association with a $559,000 contract referred to as "Roman United." Gooden said his statements were supported by documents and called for open-records scrutiny into alleged "waste, fraud, corruption, collusion, nepotism, and quid pro quo."
Chair responded directly on the dais, stating she did not vote for the Roman United item and saying she was not on the board at the time in question. The chair cut off further discussion and directed Gooden to stop, citing decorum rules; the exchange ended without formal follow-up recorded in the minutes.
