Commissioners call for clerk to resign

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Notwithstanding a last-minute offer of compromise by Clerk of Court Kirk Reams, the Jefferson County Commission last week reaffirmed its commitment to proceed with an independent forensic audit of the former’s office, at the same time it called for Reams’ resignation. The commission’s decision unfolded against the backdrop of a series of prior back-and-forth emails between Reams and Commissioner Betsy Barfield, wherein the former refused to release a