Complex sentence: Though Hice was instrumental in raising funds to cover Barrow County, Georgia's attorney's fees for the Ten Commandments lawsuit, the county was required to pay the $150,000 court ordered fee to the ACLU.
Split into simpler sentences: Though Hice was instrumental in raising funds to cover Barrow County, Georgia's attorney's fees for the Ten Commandments lawsuit. Though the counties legal fees were covered, the county was required to pay the $150,000 court ordered fee to the ACLU.