Wednesday, May 2, 2001

My letter concerning the sudden departure of Harold Bost from the commission that was printed in the April 25 edition contains a typo error. Mr. Bost actually has served about 8 percent of his elected term. My letter indicated that he had served less than 1 percent of this term when I meant it to read less than 10 percent.

This is far too small to saddle the taxpayers with a $30-to-$40 thousand special election. Due to the short time he spent in office, I feel that he is obligated to reimburse the cost of the special election.

P.S.: Has anyone considered the fact that depending on how many decide to seek this commission seat, it may very well require a runoff election and double the estimated cost?

John Regan

Fayetteville

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