The lunch party of five

The image of five guys, sitting at a table having lunch together isn’t something that would raise a lot of eyebrows.

If those five are elected officials serving on the same board, as is the case with the Sweetwater County Commissioners, the situation can get a bit more murky. The group has had lunches together during days they’re meeting for official county business for the past several years. With the exception of Randy Wendling’s election in 2014, the board’s makeup has been the same since 2010, when Commissioners Wally Johnson, Reid West and John Kolb were elected and Commissione...