Over a year has passed since the passing of former Bonner County fair manager Darcey Smith and the community still has a plethora of questions on what really happened in the months leading up to her death.
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After holding a moment of silence for former fair manager Darcey Smith, the Bonner County commissioners’ Tuesday meeting started out with concerned citizens asking questions about the fair board.
“If the fair board didn’t have any of their books electronically kept track of … how did the sheriff come about his report to find Mrs. Smith guilty of embezzlement if he didn’t have all the information needed to actually have an accurate audit to figure out if she had taken the funds, or who took the funds?” asked citizen Amy Lunsford.
“All summer long, I’ve heard Mr. Wheeler accuse the board [of commissioners] of their obsession with the fairgrounds,” said county resident Amy Lunsford at the Bonner County commissioners’ Tuesday morning meeting. “My question is what is his obsession with the fairgrounds?”
During the public comment section of the meeting, Lunsford asked the commissioners to clarify questions she had regarding IT departments in the county. According to Lunsford, she heard that the Bonner County Fair Board had been told by an unspecified county employee that there is only one IT department they are allowed to use the sheriff’s IT department.