County Clerk Apologizes for Behavior 

According to a recent report by Phil Williams, Davidson County Clerk John Arriola was allowing slot machines to be played by his workers on their lunch break on St. Patrick’s Day. Williams was able to get into the break room somehow and see the employees playing the slot machines, and when he was asked to leave he refused. Williams then got into an altercation with Chief Deputy Clerk Joey Workman who, after allegedly asking Williams five or six times to leave, allegedly started shoving him out the door.  

Williams told him he was on public property and they could not make him leave, but Workman managed to shove him out the door. When Arriola appeared on the scene, he allegedly said that there was no harm done and that they weren’t breaking any laws. He said that they were just trying to have some fun on St. Patty’s Day. He wasn’t sure what the reporter was trying to get accomplished by coming into the break room of the company. 

However, he did apologize for the situation. He said that everything that was going on there was completely legal and ethical, but that he should still not have allowed it to happen. He said that he has suspended Workman without pay for two days for pushing the reporter, and has suspended Kelly Farmer who brought the slot machines to work. Police said that no laws were broken, and that Farmer was just bringing in the slot machines to test them for his side business. He paid the employees to play, and then paid out $25 in cash prizes for those who won.