BY HANNAH GOLDFINGER HGOLDFINGER@ OPELIKAOBSERVER.COM

LEE COUNTY — The Lee County Commission met Monday night and made a new hiring decision for the county — the addition of the new County Attorney, Robbie Hyde. Lee County COO Blake Beck said that the county interviewed four different attorneys for the position. “It was the consensus of the hiring committee that Ms. Robbie Hyde was the best candidate and as such the committee is recommending that the commission hire Ms. Hyde as county attorney.” District 2 Commissioner Ross Morris, who served on the hiring committee alongside District 3 Commissioner Jeff Drury and Probate Judge Jere Colley said that the opinion of the hiring committee to hire Hyde was unanimous. The committee also included Beck, private citizens, and the acting county att

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