Any further

skirmishes between the Coweta County Commission and State Court Solicitor

Robert Stokely will take place in the commission chambers, instead of

newspaper columns.

County Commissioner

Vernon "Mutt" Hunter said during Tuesday morning's meeting that

he was tired of Coweta County Administrator Theron Gay having to spend

all his time in a letter writing campaign to Stokely to detail the county's

position on issues.

"I want

this all handled in the light of day. I'm tired of all the letters. Let

the commission deal with this," he said.

Hunter was

referring to the latest battle between county officials and Stokely over

an unpaid bill for office furniture.

Last week,

Gay said the county had paid a past due bill for $1,890 in furniture that

Stokely procured for his office back in May.

But the bill

wasn't paid until Stokely threatened to sue the county for nonpayment

to one of his suppliers.

While Gay maintains

the Finance Department pays more than 40,000 invoices a year and this

one was overlooked, Stokely said the bill should have been paid a long

time ago.

In a letter

to Gay dated July 24, Stokely said Gay had carried the invoices to the

Coweta County Commission and they had refused to pay them.

"It is

unconscionable to think that I have to beg to have the bills of this office

paid, no less than submitting three times for bills that are more than

60 days past due," he said.

This is not

the first time Stokely has tangled with county officials. When the County

Commission failed to approve $4,000 for an employee's raise, Stokely took

a second job as a truck driver to pay the raise out of his own pocket.