Sound bite of the day: Stop tweetering @TonyPeraica !!!

Sound bite of the day: Stop tweetering @TonyPeraica !!!

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The County Board meeting was explosive today (when isn’t it, ey?) during a debate on the floor over rolling back the sales tax (the other half-penny). During the first round, Commissioner Sims stopped the discussion to weigh in on Commisioner Peraica’s tweets from the chamber. Or sorry, to tell him not to ‘tweeter’ from the floor:

ethicsboard-peraica After that blow-up, the commissioners headed to the roll call vote. In the vote, you are allowed a minute to put “liner-notes” on the reason for your vote. Peraica starts with a speech for his cause and a few commissioners later, Sims goes off, creating what we call in the business, blog gold. simms-peraica