โWe have portions of the board who have made an effort not to pass certain legislation and pass budgets that include funding to hire additional employees."
Al Watkins, an lawyer for the facility's parent company, said 75 employees were evacuated safely after the fire started and that there were no injuries.
In the past five years, St. Charles County has seen an increase of 26,000 more registered voters. It recently reached the mark of 300,000 voters across the county.
"My job for 20 years was to put people in the penitentiary," John Frank said. "This is the one time Iโm asking someone to let a person out of prison.โ