Cochise County supervisors found a lawyer and voted 2-1 to hire him on Thursday, just two hours before a scheduled court hearing over their decision not to certify the results of the Nov. 8 election.
Cochise County supervisors found a lawyer and voted 2-1 to hire him on Thursday just two hours before a scheduled court hearing over their decision not to certify results of the Nov. 8 election.
She said she previously hoped to have legal representation, but hiring a lawyer so late essentially only would allow a lawyer to go to court and ask for a continuance, which she said was not in the county's best interest. The supervisors on Tuesday voted to hire attorney Bryan Blehm to defend them and the county government against two lawsuits, even though. On Wednesday, they were caught flat-footed when Blehm declined the offer, as did another attorney he had recommended.
"It would be my wish that we at least would have an attorney to represent the county," English said, somewhat wistfully, on Wednesday. She said she told county administrators to ask Crosby and Judd for further attorney recommendations, since those two are the ones that have chosen to disregard state law and triggered the lawsuits.
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