Steve Mensing, Editor
♦ A few days ago we ran an article on House Bill 726 that would end expensive School Board litigation against counties. The focus of that article was mainly about how attorneys from both sides profited at great expense to the county taxpayers, stretched out the mediations clock, and created unrequired ill-will between these two bodies.
A very important fact needs to be aired about the idea of School Boards suing County Commissioners. It is the cold hard fact that county commissioners never get sued–they don’t lose a dime in these legal wrangles. When School Boards choose to sue the County Commissioners or drag them into attorney-larded “mediations”, its always the county taxpayers who get sued and the county taxpayers who pay through the nose for high-priced legal interference. That needs to end.
HB 726 is a wise bill for the county taxpayers benefit. If at anytime a School Board sues the County Commissioners, the headline best read: “School Board Sues Rowan County Taxpayers”.
Amicable approaches to dispute resolution need to be in place and they certainly don’t include attorneys carrying spears for both sides. Here’s our previous article on House Bill 726:
