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Book Series: Putting the puzzle together Part 3: The Puzzle Edgefielddaily.com web posted May 31, 2005 Part 3, The puzzle Most puzzles come in a box with the picture to guide you in assembling the puzzle. Unfortunately, our puzzle has no picture to guide us; the resulting picture cannot be seen until the puzzle is completed. We have examined some of the actions of county officials in the first two parts of the series and one would begin to wonder how the actions of Administrator Wayne Adams did not result in his firing. That is the next piece of the puzzle, the administrator works, “at the behest of the council,” and can be fired at any time for any reason. However Adams was allowed to receive an employment contract which gives him full pay for as long as six months if he is ever released from his duties. Having such a contract is not required nor is it found in any laws governing the position of administrator. That was allowed by the previous councils, of which Willie Bright, Norman Dorn, and Monroe Kneece are former and present members. Monroe Kneece, long term chairman of the council, was sweetening his own deals through the administrator’s office. His daughter was hired with a county job and “Kneece Enterprises” also placed his son under lucrative contracts with the county as well. In 2002 Chairman Kneece was brought up on charges with the Ethics Commission for charges he profited from his position, charges which he was eventually cleared of that April. However the rumors of nepotism continued to swirl around Kneece and later his son paid back tens of thousands of dollars for work he billed which was never performed. The Augusta Chronicle lamented that the smell over Tri-County Waste funds and Chairman Monroe Kneece wasn’t coming from the garbage. Kneece could not have placed so many family members on the county dole without the active involvement of Administrator Adams. At the time sources said the Kneece family was receiving over six figures in contracts from the county. Charles “Monroe” Kneece did finally begin abstaining from votes that directly affected him or his family members. As Chairman of the County Council Kneece needed Adams and in turn Adams needed Kneece, such a mutually beneficial relationship was needed to continue milking the situation. With Adams needing help from losing his job and Kneece in the midst of ethics complaints and rumors of nepotism it is understandable how these two pieces fit into our puzzle directly adjoining each other, but more pieces are needed to make such an amicable situation to arise in the first place. Part 4: Birds of a feather flock together Part 1 Part 2 Return to Main Page
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