Sheriff Ezell Brown has issued an open invitation to the Newton County Board of Commissioners, as they prepare for the 2012 fiscal year. The chairman and two commissioners have had short tours of the sheriff's Alcovy Road facilities, but Brown believes a more in-depth accounting is needed if the sheriff and board are to get on the same page. "We all need to invest the time to get a full understanding of the correctional and law enforcement sides," Brown said Wednesday.