Medford Found Guilty
I know that this story is already a week old, but I have been focused on national stuff. From Cecil Bothwell (local free-lance writer): Lest we forget, the just completed federal trial of former Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford is only one part of the corruption evident in his administration. In fact, the trial opened new questions about Buncombe County government. Here are the questions I will continue to ask. 1. Payroll fraud I told county commissioners about verifiable allegations of payroll fraud in Medford’s department in late 2004. I have sources on and off the record who say they were