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ATTORNEY QUINN STATED THAT THE AD MADE NO SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WAS AN INTENT TO LEAVE AN IMPRESSION OF WRONGDOING ON THE PART OF THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, """"--HIS LAW PARTNER, OR BOTH, HE AFFIRMED THAT ATTORNEY COLLINS AND ATTORNEY CALDWELL WERE HONORABLE MEN WITH INTEGRITY, AND HE SUB- MITTED TO THE BOARD THAT THERE DEFINITELY WAS NO WRONGDOING. COMMISSIONER SCURLOCK INTERJECTED THAT THERE WERE TWO BOARDS INVOLVED; HE, AS WELL AS COMMISSIONERS FLETCHER AND BIRD WERE NOT ON THE BOARD AT THE TIME THESE MATTERS OCCURRED WILLARD W. SIEBERT, JR., FORMER COMMISSIONER, APPROACHED THE BOARD AND FELT THAT THE INTENT OF THE AD WAS TO DISCREDIT THE COUNTY ATTORNEY, MR. CALDWELL, AND THEIR LAW FIRM. HE THOUGHT IT WAS EXTREMELY UNFAIR AS ATTORNEY COLLINS WAS ALWAYS OVERZEALOUS IN PROTECTING THE INTEGRITY OF THE COUNTY ALMA LEE Loy, FORMER COMMISSIONER, STATED THAT SHE WAS GREATLY INCENSED BY READING THE AD AND FELT THE BOARD HAS BEEN EXTREMELY FORTUNATE TO HAVE HAD THE FINEST OF ATTORNEYS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, SHE POINTED OUT THERE HAD NEVER BEEN ANY QUESTION AS TO THE PARTIES INVOLVED AND THE POSITION OF COUNTY WHEN TRYING TO SECURE THE PROPERTY. MISS LOY ADVISED THAT A WORKSHOP HAD BEEN CONDUCTED, AND ATTORNEY CALDWELL REPRESENTED HIMSELF AS AN INVESTOR AT THAT TIME ATTORNEY COLLINS READ A PORTION OF THE ARTICLE CONCERNING THE RIGHT- OF-WAY, INVOLVING MR. CALDWELL'S PROPERTY, WHICH AMOUNTED TO 06563 ACRES; AND THE VALUE, SET BY AN MAI APPRAISER, WAS $275. HE STATED THAT THE BOARD COULD PROBABLY SEE WHY HE WAS SO UPSET BY THE INFERENCES THAT WERE MADE BY THIS ARTICLE. HE THEN ASKED COMMISSIONER FLETCHER TO EXPLAIN HOW HIS NAME HAPPENED TO APPEAR AT THE BOTTOM OF THE ARTICLE, AND FOR WHAT PURPOSES. HE WANTED TO KNOW, PERSONALLY, WHETHER OR NOT COMMISSIONER FLETCHER ENDORSED THE ARTICLE OR WHETHER HIS NAME WAS THERE SOLELY FOR THE CITIZENRY TO GIVE HIM INPUT, SEP 3 01991 L BOOR 47 .PACE 60z