Interim clerk loses to assistant, then fires her

The Buchanan County Clerk has fired her assistant, who beat her in Tuesday’s election. Clerk Kelley Stahlin says she fired assistant clerk Mary Baack-Garvey saying she has refused to follow “standard everyday procedures.” She says the dismissal had nothing to do with politics. Baak-Garvey admits sending out e-mails indicating she does not like Stahlin, and will not keep her as an assistant when she takes office in January.