West Virginia (AP)- West Virginia’s high court has upheld a lower court panel’s decision to remove from office two county commissioners who refused to attend meetings.
The state Supreme Court of Appeals affirmed the decision of a panel of three circuit court judges to strip Jennifer Krouse and Tricia Jackson of their titles as Jefferson County commissioners in an abbreviated order released Wednesday.
The justices did not explain their reasoning but said a more detailed opinion would follow.
In May, the panel determined that Krouse and Jackson “engaged in a pattern of conduct that amounted to the deliberate, willful, and intentional refusal to perform their duties.”
Jackson was also a Republican candidate for state auditor, but she lost in the primary.
