DONATE TO MY CAMPAIGN
Your donation to my campaign is greatly appreciated. From the bottom of my heart, THANK YOU! -Rusty
BUSINESS OWNER SEEKS COMMISSIONER SEAT, VOWS TO BRING BACK BUDGET BOARD, TRANSPARENCY
Mindy Wood | Transcript Staff Writer May 29, 2022
A local business owner who was outraged by a decision to dissolve Cleveland County’s Budget Board will ask voters to elect him as the next District 3 county commissioner.
Rusty Grissom, a Republican, business owner and Noble resident, will face incumbent Harold Haralson in the June primary. The election also drew Democrats J.D. Krohmer and Mona “Mo” Vaughn, who will vie for the seat.
Haralson and District 2 Commissioner Darry Stacy voted on Feb. 21, 2021 to dissolve the board, while District 1 Commissioner Rod Cleveland voted no. The decision drew protest from county residents who believed the move decreased transparency. Budget boards allow all eight county elected officials to vote on the county’s budget, while an excise board — which the county currently uses — relies on three appointed members to give approval before the commission adopts it.
Grissom, the 37-year owner of Grissom Landscape Nursery, said his top priority will be to reinstate the budget board and strengthen relationships with other elected officials to improve county business. (cont.)