redmill

and still be $$$ a mil. ahead

Many years ago, doing business "on a handshake" was an honored way of doing business because if you didn't honor that agreement, then everyone in your area knew it and you only got your respect back by hiding out in your house or by doing right by the agreement.  Now, with so many strangers surrounding us, we don't even know our neighbors or what they may or may not be up to.
I remember when business with Sandy Twp was like that but it is no more.  Long ago, they had to start bein g more business like, and in my opinion, they have done a really good job overall because it's still rural and a LOT of people know your business.  It helps you keep your nose clean!  Always a good thing.
"Knowing somebody" who will cover for you or do questionable favors is the beginning of the end as far as honesty is concerned.

Wow! look at the names. And that doesnt include the Dubois City Council. Who's going to SING first?
 

https://www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2023/04/pa-attorney-general-dubois-herm-suplizio-charges/?fbclid=IwAR2TUSWeway8AE24PT_jxZJuW6030Q68SzlknqAujx7_Z8cViNT32h0bjvg

Excellent article, written in simple enough terms that we ALL should be Furious..

Each entity will deal with their own specific charges individually.  However, since the evidence is so mixed together, they will all have to deal with it jointly to sort it out.

Ah Ha!  I have the story now.
A couple of years ago, the Downtown Beautification Committee asked the garden clubs and volunteers to meet to help with flower pots and flowers downtown.  The meeting was held at Luigi's next to the City Parking Lot.  There were quite a few odds and ends of pots that had been purchased/donated for use for sidewalk planters.  They didn't match in size, style or plantings, and the committee wanted to update the appearance of them.  I did a planter class for them to show how to improve the care of them which makes it a little easier to keep them looking nicer.  However, I warned them that the key was regular watering and without it, the planters would go downhill over the summer, which some did, but the ones at the corner of Long and Brady were pretty well kept up.  The two biggest ones were donated by the VFW of DuBois and had donation signs in them.  I have no idea who cared for them or where they went, but the BUDS Gardeners were asked last year to remove their pots from the street project because Jennifer had received a large donation from Invensys to purchase all new matching pots and plants and she would plant them, which she did.  They looked very nice but I did tell the committee that they needed to not "diss" the past volunteers who had taken care of pots for years.  They are a valuable commodity and you never want to lose them.  The money might not last, nor might a specific volunteer, and then where would they be?  Annoying a volunteer is a no-no.
The Rose Alley parking lot has been maintained by DTEGC ever since the Brady Street Rebuilding project was done.  I was the president at that time, worked privately with privately donations, with the city engineer to design the openings for the planting beds. My husband and I built the round concrete circle where we used to have a fountain that was destroyed by vandals.  The city added the electric and a water hydrant for us. The circle is used in the winter for the Christmas display.  Hubby also built the wooden gift boxes that are part of the display.  The specially welded (and expensive) tree stand was built with donation funds to keep the trees from falling over repeatedly.  If I remember correctly, the concrete was donated by DuBrook and the surfacing was done by a gentleman from Penfield. It took many combined hours and skills to get it all done, and it was all volunteer.  The installation of the wooden fence at the rear of the property was also done by volunteers, and the large rocks beside the clothing store was from the same project. I seriously doubt any of it would be there or remain well cared for without LOTS of volunteers.  You don't risk losing your volunteer base.
An agreement with the city and DTEGC was signed due to liability to specifically use those flower beds, and to my knowledge it is still in effect.
Eddie Tate from the Beautification Committee was to take care of the maintenance of the pots.  I do not know if he still does.  If Jennifer was taking plants from the beds, she was out of line.  I do not know her well enough to know why she would do that.  The only thing approved by the committee was the placement, planting and maintenance of the street pots, nothing else.  The Rose Alley parking lot is owned and maintained by the city, commonly known as Luigi's parking lot, and the Down To Earth Garden Club maintains it.
 

It's going to cost us taxpayers a lot of money to keep this going. His attorneys are not cheap. Yet there Herm was at the country club last night. Probably visiting with our city attorney. Just has no remorse over this. 

our area is being affected and a few are offering support and donations for his legal defense as this article implies.

our area is being affected and a few are offering support and donations for his legal defense as this article implies.

our area is being affected and a few are offering support and donations for his legal defense as this article implies.

I think that alone is a clue!

Might be a very good idea to have Sandy Township have a public audit done as well.   

And an ex fire chief. 

More in depth information was in the Courier Express on Tuesday? 😯
https://www.thecourierexpress.com/news/dubois-city-manager-accused-of-committing-over-620-000-in-fraudulent-transactions/article_8ea8f83c-c741-11ed-944b-5ba587c05460.html

Bad enough that he is accused of stealing money from the taxpayers of the City of DuBois and the people that donated to the United Way but to steal from the donations made to the volunteer fire department that he was a long term member of shows that he has no scruples what so ever. 😡

The first arrest is the most important one.  In an instant,  everyone involved knows that they are probably next. This is when they start ratting on each other. I'm thinking,  ... this might be bigger than we thought. 

Was there a point to the meeting then?  Did they address anything about it?  I would think they woulD address steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again and process changes. 
How do we oust all of em?

The Punsxy Spirit paper has the council meeting pretty well nailed from last night. That in itself is a shame that Punxsy has the article from DuBois. So i guess the people that live in St Marys and Brookville need to read the Courier first to get their local news. Why in the world the Courier has nothing in it is beyond me because they had a reporter there last night.

So where is the $364,990 that wasn't spent?  The list of contributors/contributions versus the expenditures leaves a significant amount unspent.  
*I'm not saying it's right, but some of those people likely felt pressured to donate because of his "clout" in town along with the clout he may have had if he had run a successful campaign and won the seat.  
And...why wasn't he put on administrative leave or terminated when the "raid" happened in April 2022?  He should have been removed from any and all accounts that very day at a minimum.  Casting suspicion on an entire local government should be reason for termination.  One would think he's (they've) had time to move things around, cover it up and be able to access it once ousted.  I don't think he was operating alone.
Time to clean house.  

Consolidation should be halted , until the votes for it are counted again , and the PA commission for small towns steps in to evaluate this whole matter. Slow is the only way to proceed , to ensure the consolidation is best ( not just votes counted ) for all that will be affected.....after having twice been voted on to get a passage. It sounded fishy the way signatures ( 700 ) were gotten to get a re vote if I`m correct about the #. SLOW IT DOWN.
 
I have since , became neither for or against the consol. until all the cards are turned face up.

My mistake mayor.  It looks like $29,000 was missing from Dubois city fund.
 

Why did he supposedly drive across town to a dumpster with files ? ......oh he was picking litter along the way

Why did he supposedly drive across town to a dumpster with files ? ......oh he was picking litter along the way

Mayor Walsh isn't aware of any missing money.  Apparently over $600,000 missing wasn't enough for him to notice.