County Council Reviewing Preston Court Decision

"It seems encouraging and we are in the process of reviewing all the paperwork now," said Anderson County Councilwoman Cindy Wilson on Thursday in reference to the South Carolina Appeals Courts ruling making the severance contract with former Anderson County Adminstrator Joey Preston "null and void."

"As (County Council Chairman) Tommy Dunn says: 'The wheels of justice grind slowly,'" Wilson said.

Anderson County is in the process of determining exactly what the next step will be now that the court of appeals ruled that Preston must repay the $1.1 million her recevied for revoking his contract in 2008. Preston's attorneys have also said they are weighing all options after the ruling tossed the findings back to the lower courts.