Hamilton County made a serious move recently.
As the deadline looms for the county and the Cincinnati Bengals' stadium lease, all three commissioners for Hamilton County voted to part ways with lawyer Tom Gabelman, who helped put together the current leases for the Bengals and Cincinnati Reds' stadiums.
The county is bringing in new representatives, one of which the Bengals are bringing attention to as a potential conflict of interest in a recent statement:
“Recently, the Team was surprised to learn that Hamilton County had retained an outside stadium consultant who is, in fact, performing stadium consulting services for the Cleveland Browns.