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2 hours ago, etink3908 said:

It has always been customary in any job I've ever worked at to change locks when any key holder leaves the key holder position.  Regardless of the terms of the separation.  This should have happened then.  And I pray it happened at the city building as well.  

Additionally, when the AG "raid" happened last year--a certain someone SHOULD have had access revoked to any and ALL bank accounts to which he was an authorized signer that was not obviously a personal account.  

"Restrict access" should always be rule one.  

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1 hour ago, disgruntled said:

It has always been customary in any job I've ever worked at to change locks when any key holder leaves the key holder position.  Regardless of the terms of the separation.  This should have happened then.  And I pray it happened at the city building as well.  

Additionally, when the AG "raid" happened last year--a certain someone SHOULD have had access revoked to any and ALL bank accounts to which he was an authorized signer that was not obviously a personal account.  

"Restrict access" should always be rule one.  

The building alarm should have been reset also.  How did Toni get in to find the money cache to begin with when this was already a criminal investigation?

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20 minutes ago, Petee said:

The building alarm should have been reset also.  How did Toni get in to find the money cache to begin with when this was already a criminal investigation?

Agreed.  

I always look at things like the news reports when they are interviewing the neighbors of a maniac after the maniac's laundry list of heinous acts come to light.  The neighbors say things like, " He was so quiet.  Always cut my grass and took my trash out for me.   Bought my son a new bike after his was stolen.  He paid for his great niece to go to college.  He was so nice.  I can't believe he murdered 300 people with an ax over the last 10 years."  

(Admittedly, I have some trust issues--but it's beneficial for my current employment and personal life.)

We just never know what is truly in people's hearts and minds. 

As "they" say, "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure."  

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DAUW didnt even know there were money lockboxs HIDDEN in their building.....who besides the big guy knew they were there?...did Toni go in and find them and empty/taken them out or did she have help from someone in the building....they dont even know when the money was removed....that could be her money trying to balance the books......seems like a whole lot of money at a place that says it doesnt deal much in cash:popcorn:

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I'm thinking that the gypsy Cherry is just lying so much trying to cover her and his (Suplizio) wrong doings that she can't keep her lies straight. This city is going to end up bankrupt and the laughing stock of PA. because of the way the council worships her. The incoming members at the beginning of the year are going to have to start all over again. Just nothing but plain old greed from the gypsy and squirm. Because neither one of them is or was smart or honest enough.

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Taking money seems to be pretty easy.

 

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Panama City reviews, accepts forensic audit results in wake of fraud by former employee

Nathan Cobb
The News Herald
 

PANAMA CITY − After multiple scams by a former employee, local officials agree the city needs to make some changes.

Panama City commissioners on Tuesday reviewed and voted to accept the results and recommended actions of a forensic audit done by Warren Averett, an accounting firm based in Panama City. The audit's goal was to help prevent the city's fiscal and operation systems from being manipulated by employees, as well as uncover any illegitimate spending or stolen funds.

The audit was sparked by the October arrest of Michael Johnson, the city's former community redevelopment director, who was accused of embezzling money from the Friends of After School Assistance Program, a nonprofit organization that supports Panama City's After School Assistance Program.

According to Tammy McGaughy, a partner for Warren Averett, the audit delved through about a decade of financial records for various city funds. She briefed commissioners on its highlights during the Tuesday meeting.

 

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Past reports state Johnson resigned from his position in October after City Manager Mark McQueen confronted him about sloppy management practices. These included a lack of policies, procedures and documentation, as well as noncompliance with federal regulations related to Johnson's local role with the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Development Block Grant Program − a program that provides governments with federal funding to develop housing for urban communities.

Johnson was arrested about two weeks later, after an account for the ASAP program was discovered at Hancock Whitney Bank that had only him on its signature card. He directed the program since 2012 and had sole access to its checkbook, which McGaughy said "afforded him the opportunity to conceal this fraud."

Statements from Hancock Bank show Johnson wrote himself checks, the first of which was written on Feb. 1, 2012, for $9,839. The largest check was written on Nov. 13, 2020, for more than $37,215.

In March, Johnson pleaded no contest to grand theft, money laundering and 19 counts of official misconduct. He was sentenced to eight years in prison. Johnson used the approximately $1 million he embezzled to purchase 11 properties. McGaughy said he then illegally used about $89,000 in CRA funds to repair four of those homes.

 

https://www.newsherald.com/story/news/local/2023/06/29/panama-city-commission-reviews-and-accepts-results-of-forensic-audit/70360539007/

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55 minutes ago, tatty said:

I've been reading since the beginning. One question where does the description of gypsy come in? Of all the things she has been called, what does the gypsy mean?

 

I started calling her that because of the way she's always hustling people to get her own way. Many other things i would like to call her though.

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Now the latest has our current mayor being issued a couple of citations for careless driving and driving on the sidewalk on June 17th during community days. Charges were filed on June 26th with the magistrate. Not really sure what the reason was for being on the sidewalk. Will have to wait until gypsy Toni tells him how to answer.

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55 minutes ago, BillyC said:

Now the latest has our current mayor being issued a couple of citations for careless driving and driving on the sidewalk on June 17th during community days. Charges were filed on June 26th with the magistrate. Not really sure what the reason was for being on the sidewalk. Will have to wait until gypsy Toni tells him how to answer.

It's just more of the old crap rolling to the surface.  It's like an iceberg, most of it is still hidden.  Watch for calves!

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2 hours ago, BillyC said:

Now the latest has our current mayor being issued a couple of citations for careless driving and driving on the sidewalk on June 17th during community days. Charges were filed on June 26th with the magistrate. Not really sure what the reason was for being on the sidewalk. Will have to wait until gypsy Toni tells him how to answer.

Sounds like he should quit driving. There has been many pedestrian killed by cars being driven on the sidewalk.

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2 hours ago, BillyC said:

Now the latest has our current mayor being issued a couple of citations for careless driving and driving on the sidewalk on June 17th during community days. Charges were filed on June 26th with the magistrate. Not really sure what the reason was for being on the sidewalk. Will have to wait until gypsy Toni tells him how to answer.

I'm curious to know which sidewalk he was driving on.   *And is that a "power" afforded to a Mayor?  :sorry:

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Where there is money, there is crooks.

 

LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (WMBB) — Three of the defendants in the federal corruption investigation have been ordered to pay restitution in the case.

Former City Manager Mike White must pay $55,000, former Leisure Services Director David Horton must pay $5,000, and David White, the owner of Erosion Control Specialists, was ordered to pay $4,745,999.

Mike White accepted bribes from David White while White’s company overbilled the city for debris removal and other work after Hurricane Michael. David White also did clean-up work for free at the homes of city officials including former city attorney Adam Albritton.

As part of the calculation for restitution, David White asked for a reduction based on bribes and free work he did for city officials. David White argued that those city officials should have to pay that portion of the restitution.

Judge Robert Hinkle and federal prosecutors agreed. Hinkle ordered a $20,000 reduction in connection to Mike White and $45,000 in connection to Albritton.

Hinkle also ordered a $49,000 reduction in connection to former Mayo Margo Anderson. Federal prosecutors have long argued that David White performed work at Anderson’s Lynn Haven home and billed the city instead of her.

Anderson disputes that claim. She plead guilty to lying to the FBI and was sentenced to 30 days in prison. The judge in her case, Mark Walker, did not order her to pay any restitution.

Albritton plead guilty in the case but has not yet been sentenced.

 

https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/lynn-haven-corruption-case/lynn-haven-corruption-defendants-ordered-to-pay-restitution/

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7 hours ago, fedup said:

Where there is money, there is crooks.

 

LYNN HAVEN, Fla. (WMBB) — Three of the defendants in the federal corruption investigation have been ordered to pay restitution in the case.

Former City Manager Mike White must pay $55,000, former Leisure Services Director David Horton must pay $5,000, and David White, the owner of Erosion Control Specialists, was ordered to pay $4,745,999.

Mike White accepted bribes from David White while White’s company overbilled the city for debris removal and other work after Hurricane Michael. David White also did clean-up work for free at the homes of city officials including former city attorney Adam Albritton.

As part of the calculation for restitution, David White asked for a reduction based on bribes and free work he did for city officials. David White argued that those city officials should have to pay that portion of the restitution.

Judge Robert Hinkle and federal prosecutors agreed. Hinkle ordered a $20,000 reduction in connection to Mike White and $45,000 in connection to Albritton.

Hinkle also ordered a $49,000 reduction in connection to former Mayo Margo Anderson. Federal prosecutors have long argued that David White performed work at Anderson’s Lynn Haven home and billed the city instead of her.

Anderson disputes that claim. She plead guilty to lying to the FBI and was sentenced to 30 days in prison. The judge in her case, Mark Walker, did not order her to pay any restitution.

Albritton plead guilty in the case but has not yet been sentenced.

 

https://www.mypanhandle.com/news/lynn-haven-corruption-case/lynn-haven-corruption-defendants-ordered-to-pay-restitution/

Hopefully in our state that they go after the sleaze and the gypsy. Without plea deals (unless they are too unlawful to pass over).  Kinda wondering how long this case took until the sentences were handed down.

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On 7/3/2023 at 8:43 PM, Turd Ferguson said:

Who is selling these stylish T-shirts?  These are sure to be a top seller.

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C'mon man - I posted this weeks ago and haven't seen anyone wearing one yet.  I thought that someone in DuBois would be handing these out on every street corner by now.  Even after 21 pages of comments and posts?

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