Alexis Hill’s Fabricating Facts

"Oh, the drama at yesterday's County Commission meeting. Commissioner Hill, who likened Mike Clark's election to letting an 'arsonist in the building,' seems to have forgotten a crucial detail: those pesky voters put him there, just like her.

When Clark excused himself after consulting with Assistant District Attorney Nathan Edwards regarding the vote canvass (and stopped for a friendly chat with constituents on his way out), Hill couldn't resist adding her own theatrical spin to the minutes. She insisted on recording that Clark had 'inappropriately tried to recuse himself and then stormed off' - a curious characterization for someone who left after proper consultation and cordial goodbyes.

Hill brought the meeting back to order, and said, “Commissioner Garcia are you still on the phone (Garcia acknowledged she was), thank you so much. I would like to please note for the record that Commission Clark inappropriately tried to recuse himself and then stormed off please let the record reflect that.”

For those interested in semantic precision (we certainly are), 'stormed off' implies a dramatic, angry exit - think slammed doors and thunderous footsteps. Video evidence suggests otherwise.

Perhaps Hill's creative recordkeeping had less to do with Clark's exit and more to do with what landed on the public record moments before - documentation revealing that Hill, County Manager Eric Brown, and the county's PR team had some explaining to do about their characterization of Interim Registrar Burgess's 'stress leave.'

Picon suggests Clark pursue a trifecta: demand an apology, seek District Attorney intervention to correct the record, and file an HR complaint. After all, if we're going to document things for posterity, let's at least aim for accuracy."