Cross v. Commonwealth ex rel. Cowan

STUMBO, Judge:

Donnie Cross, the appellant herein, was elected to the Clinton County Board of Education in 1984. During a meeting of that board on July 1, 1985, the appellant affirmatively voted to hire twenty-two individuals, one of whom was the appellant's first cousin. The appellant’s vote was the deciding vote on that issue. The appellant approved the minutes of the July 1 meeting at the very next board meeting.

A Clinton County resident wrote a letter in August 1987 informing the Attorney General of the appellant’s vote at the July 1, 1985 meeting. The Attorney General tendered a request…