Former Lubbock Commissioner Breaks Silence On Overpay - KFYO

Lubbock County paid both Meurer and current Precinct 2 Commissioner Jason Corley at the same time starting in December 2025. In a press release sent Wednesday, September 16, 2026, Meurer said he raised the issue with Parish at least two more times, and got the same answer each time. He set the money aside rather than spend it and has agreed to pay back the full amount.

For people in Precinct 2, which stretches across parts of Lubbock County under county government most folks rarely think about until something like this happens, the episode raises questions about who was watching the payroll. Two people drawing a paycheck for the same elected seat for months is not a small clerical slip. Meurer's account puts the responsibility on Parish's office, though the county has not detailed how the overlap started or why it took so long to catch.

Repaying the money settles Meurer's end of it, but not how the county let it happen in the first place. Precinct 2 taxpayers footed two salaries for one job, and so far, only one side of that story has spoken publicly.