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County commissioner’s job focuses on roads, budget

Dawson County Pct. 4 Commissioner Russell Cox doesn’t have an office in the courthouse or an assistant. He doesn’t need one.“My pickup is my office, and my phone,” Cox said.Cox is one of four county commissioners whose main job is to oversee county roads and how taxpayers’ money is spent on running and maintaining the county’s many offices and public services.“The job of commissioner is everything runs through the (commissioners’) court,” Cox said. “So we’re responsible for the budget. We’re responsible for policies, but we do not control any (other elected) office. So we’re not above anybody.”Cox represents the roads ...

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