A motion to pay $60,000 for Hamilton County Attorney Rheubin Taylor s legal fees failed in a 7-4 vote by County Commission on Wednesday, an action Taylor s lawyer, W. Neil Thomas, said will not dissuade him from fervently representing his client.
The Tennessee Comptroller s Office has written a letter to Hamilton County commissioners asking them to revisit a pair of budget amendments the board passed last week that approved future legal fees associated with the dispute between Mayor Weston Wamp and County Attorney Rheubin Taylor. The letter points out that the commission did not define specific dollar amounts.