JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi county administrator has resigned after less than a year on the job.
Hinds County Supervisor Robert Graham told WJTV-TV that Jennifer Riley-Collins resigned because of a personal issue.
While leaving a Hinds County Board of Supervisors meeting Monday outside the Hinds County Chancery Courthouse, Riley-Collins told WLBT-TV that she and the Hinds County supervisors were “going in two different directions.”
“The board has its way of doing things, and I do things differently. I’m a lawyer at heart, for me, I’m very straight down the line,” she said. “We decided it would be best for Hinds County, for them as elected officials, (to) go their way, and I go mine.”
She said more details about her resignation could be found in her letter to the board, which was not immediately available.
Riley-Collins is a former executive director of ACLU of Mississippi and was hired by Hinds County in February. She was the Democratic nominee for Mississippi attorney general in 2019, losing to Republican Lynn Fitch.
As county administrator, Riley-Collins was responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations of the county, and serving as a liaison between the board and other county elected officials.
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