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3 county jobs in Alexander questioned: Democrats say GOP commissioners played favorites with relative, ex-officials; expert says hires appear legal.
Byline: Hannah Mitchell
Mar. 26--In the past three years, Alexander County government has filled three new jobs with a county commissioner's relative and two former commissioners. The former Republican commissioners took their jobs in the years after the GOP took control of the county board in 2002.
Former Democratic commissioner Joel Harbinson and other Democrats question the hirings as possible conflicts. Incumbent commissioner Norris Keever, a Republican, however, said the criticism has surfaced for political reasons. The hires appear legal, said Frayda Bluestein, who specializes in local-government law at UNC Chapel Hill's School of Government. County commissioners, who are all Republicans, and administrators say the county needed all three positions, that it hired the best candidates and that commissioners didn't influence the decisions. The county advertised all three jobs. The positions cost the small county…
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