Judging What’s Best for New Magistrate Office

Oconee County Council met Friday morning to try to resolve the mess that has arisen over plans to re-locate the county magistrate at Westminster.

A 3 to 2 vote by the council will, in part, reverse the recent decision to sell the former Gospel Tabernacle. Now the council wants to know what it would take to demolish the structure and build a new facility.

First-term county councilman, Matthew Durham, maintained that taxpayers are the victims when the county buys one piece of property, decides against using it, and decides to re-sell it…

Council members Julian Davis, and in particular Paul Cain, disagreed with Durham’s use of the word “deception” when it came to the matter at hand…

Council member Glenn Hart said they need to check in with the people, and see what exactly they would like done about the issue…