Hinds County District 2 Supervisor David Archie is calling out the Hinds County Election Commission for misspending tens of thousands of dollars in taxpayer money, including more than $8,400 for training luncheons in February and March. Archie questions if the sessions actually took place. Wednesday, Archie and a group of supporters attended the election commission’s monthly meeting, where they brought up several questionable expenditures that he said were signed off on by Commission Chair Toni Johnson. In addition to luncheons, Archie also questioned the $3,643 spent to cut grass at the Election Commission building, as well as the $4,700 spent to sanitize the facility against COVID-19. The grass cutting charges are for three months and are for cutting a space the size of a couple of residential front yards. Commissioners are headquartered at 701 Commerce Street in downtown Jackson. Johnson said Wednesday was the first time anyone had raised concerns about the commission’s expenditures and believes Archie only brought them up because she is a former political opponent of Archie’s and is being asked to run against him again.