I share the same thing. In fact, being a commissioner he was probably explicitly warned against taking any action into his own hands.

A commissioner can easily mess things up and get sued trying do work on their own. Say they try to “repair a playground” by replacing a missing bolt. Well, were they qualified to do that? Do they have insurance? Was the action approved by a properly filed motion? Etc etc etc

I learned this is why it costs my town egregious sums to do simple maintenance work; the only companies willing to put up with all the red tape of working with the government have to charge a premium.

The part about him being a commissioner smells like a simple publicity stunt.

I think the interview goes in good depth in all the details of the scenario it doesn't sound like you listened..

Publicity for what?

The publicity comes from a elected government official getting charged with felonys for stealing when he didn't steal anything.

The playground analogy doesn't really hold up here I don't see the connection between the two.