the assistant commonwealth attorney jerry grath will serve as the assistant commonwealth attorney until they hold a special election. >>> taxpayers need to cough up $23 million if a plan to renovate the courtshows approved. the judges filed a lawsuit in now a member of the board of supervisors are scrambling to come up with an agreement before the trial in march. valerie bragg is digging into the story for us tonight and joins us live in danville with more. valerie? >> reporter: mark, it is obvious that the courthouse needs renovations and that the taxpayers can agree on, but what they don't agree with, the multimillion dollar price tag. poles and pipes. >> you will see an awful lot of things like that. >> reporter: cracks and crumble>> reporter: cracks and crumbles. >> i think if i tugged on that brick, it would come out. >> reporter: former commonwealth attorney john greenbacker can easily point out why exactly this courthouse needs work. taxpayers lake james gordon, something needs to be done, but renovating in 1830s building and adding a second circuit court room. >> doesn't make se