The Americus Times-Recorder recently covered complaints made by Magistrate Crystal Cleveland to the Sumter County Board of Commissioners in the article “County denies pay to magistrate employee.”The ATR recently reached out to Cleveland seeking greater clarity about the dispute over her budget. “The worksheet I submitted did not include a separate intern line item, nor did it include a legal expense line item. “The worksheet I submitted did not include a separate intern line item, nor did it include a legal expense line item. “At some point between my submission and the final adoption of the county budget, a new line item for interns appeared under the Magistrate Court’s budget. I raised this with county finance and was informed that Finance had decided to restructure certain budget line items.