Archive for 6 April, 2008
EDITORIAL — We Need A Comptroller Who Reports To The Town Board Not The Supervisor
April 6, 2008 1:18 pm
I must make this perfectly clear. Our Supervisor has earned a reputation of being untrustworthy and a liar.
About 3 months ago I informed our Comptroller of the mishandling of a large sum of money in either 1996 and 1998. I said the amount I was referring to was most likely between $800,000 and $1,000,000. She said she would check it out. This was back in February, 08.About a month ago I heard rumors she had discovered $800,000 in an obscure account. I approached her 2 weeks ago but she wouldn’t give me any information.
Questions to be answered:
When did she find the money?
When did she inform the Supervisor?
Why didn’t she report it to the Town Board?
Why was there was such secrecy about the money being found?
Who was the Town Comptroller and Supervisor when this money was received in 1996, then ‘hidden’ so deeply it took 12 years to locate?
Will the Town be suing our auditors for not ‘finding’ this money, or was the money taken out before they examined the Town books?
It was announced that our Comptroller found $500,000. Originally I was told the amount was $800,000. If this is true, where is the other $300,000? If I didn’t inform Comptroller Darlene Carroll of my suspicious about the mishandling of the $800,000 was this money being used since no one knew it existed. Did our Supervisor speak with anyone else about the use of this money?
Editor ~ J. Tricoli
