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Heres how a sheriff's Facebook rant saved Texas counties $5.8 million
DECATUR -- A Texas sheriff got steamed at state government and took his complaint to a familiar late-night audience: Facebook.
By the next morning, sheriffs statewide were joining Wise County Sheriff Lane Akin’s protest against new state fees that blindsided local officials.
Within three days, Gov. Greg Abbott asked officials to cancel plans to charge for laboratory evidence analysis.
Net savings to Texas counties next year: $5.8 million.
“I guess I got spun up a little bit,” Akin said. That’s retired Texas Rangers narcotics investigator talk for getting agitated.
Read more here: http://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/bud-kennedy/article164363482.html
