The Cannon County Commissioners Friday night in a special called meeting voted to approve the action of taking $25,000 out of the county general fund to settle a lawsuit filed by Loretta Bailey against the county and Sheriff Darrell Young. According to the cannoncourier.com. Ms. Bailey a former employee of the Cannon County Sheriff’s Department claimed in a lawsuit that her civil rights were violated when Sherriff Darrell Young dismissed Bailey from her position as a receptionist on his first day on the job. Bailey sought $250,000 from the county and $150,000 from Sheriff Young. The settlement of the lawsuit is for $45,000.00 with the terms that the county’s insurance company pay $20,000 while the county paid $25,000. Nine of the ten commissioners were present for the meeting. Commissioner Tony Neal was not present and the only commissioner to vote no on the approval was Jim Bush. Even though the motion was approved all the commissioners voiced displeasure in taking the action.
