“I have to keep a courthouse,” Braud said after the meeting. “I’m required by law to have a good and proper courthouse. In each courtroom, there has to be a court reporter to record the proceedings, a clerk to maintain the court records, and there have to be armed deputies. Everything we do isn’t totally safe, but everyone who comes into the courthouse isn’t a criminal. The good people of our community who come to the courthouse each day need to be... MORE
