Simpson County Reports on Bad Larry Buffington

The Simpson County newspaper has reported on bad Larry Buffington. This is becoming quite a story.

Simpson County has put former Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz on the payroll.

In a board meeting, the Simpson County Board of Supervisors adopted an order by Chancery Court Judge Larry Buffington instructing them to hire recently defeated Supreme Court Justice Oliver Diaz as the youth court public defender for Simpson County, effective January 1,2009.

The rate of pay for Diaz is $400 per month and retirement benefits.

According to the supervisors, they have no options. They must comply with the judge's order. In the past they have tried to challenge judge's orders and basically discovered that it was not worth the battle.

Judge Buffington said that he offered the position to Diaz so that he would be eligible for his state retirement, and he said that Diaz will only serve in the position for one year.

No one in the legal community was willing to comment about the
appointment.