Karam was using school money and resources including stamps, envelopes, and other supplies to send election mailers in support of school board candidates that he favored and who determined his contract, salary and authority, - that's according to NYS Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli in regards to the arrest of longtime Utica School Superintendent Bruce Karam, and former UCSD Board President and former Utica Mayor Louis LaPolla on Tuesday.