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It’s been around 100 days since the Washington County Board of Commissioners added two new members and things are off to a good start.
“I can sum it up in one word,” said Commission President Kevin Ritter with a laugh. “Bromance.”
Commissioners Jamie Booth and Charlie Schilling replaced David White and Ron Feathers in January after being voted in during November’s general election.
Ritter said he was surprised at how quickly they have identified and understood each other’s strengths.
“I think we work together very effectively as a team,” he said.
Booth said in areas where one commissioner may be a little bit short, the others pick it up.
Dec 18, 2020
First, three Washington County commissioners or commissioners-elect appear maskless within feet of each other during a historic pandemic that has killed 300,000 Americans.
Second, current commissioners Kevin Ritter, David White and Ron Feathers urge the Republican Ohio Attorney General David Yost to join the insipid Texas suit to destroy the little bit of America left after four years of Donald J. Trump. (Ritter says he is a Constitutional expert). Must be true.
The commissioners obviously have too much time on their hands.
It is not as if they have led the county to bankruptcy as they fought tooth and nail allowing human waste to continue unabated flowing from Devola down stream threatening drinking water in Marietta, Belpre and other downstream communities.