One might think that members of the two Assembly committees that rubber-stamped AB 386 would have at least discussed those scandals and the potential downside.
LOS LUNAS â All five members of a local elected board have been indefinitely suspended from office by a state agency due to a litany of findings in its most recent audit.
The New Mexico Public Education Department announced Wednesday, May 26, all five members of the Los Lunas Schools Board of Education have been suspended.
âThe entire Los Lunas school board has been suspended due to credible evidence that certain members have persistently violated procurement and public access laws, the state Public School Code, and professional ethical standards,â according to a press release sent out by PED today.
In the press release, PED listed 16 categorized concerns and potential violations by the board, including:
Updated: 3:38 PM EDT May 26, 2021
FRANKLIN COUNTY, Pa. A township supervisor in Franklin County has been charged with stealing approximately $150,000 of taxpayer money to fund improvements on his own property, Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced Wednesday.
The 45th Investigation Statewide Grand Jury charged Quincy Township Supervisor Kerry Bumbaugh, 56, with with two counts of Conflict of Interest, two counts of Theft of Services, Theft by Unlawful Taking, three counts of Theft by Deception, Insurance Fraud, Forgery, two counts of Tampering with Public Records, two counts of Tampering with Records or Identification, Attempted Tampering or Fabricating Physical Evidence, and Securing Execution of Documents by Deception, Shapiro said in a press release.
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Kerry Bumbaugh, 56, of Waynesboro, was charged Wednesday with using his position of power for his own financial gain, requiring township employees to perform work improving his private residence while they should have been working for the township, according to a press release from the Attorney General s Office.
He is also being charged with creating manipulated and falsified documents in order to cheat governmental grant providers, and other funding sources, by regularly inflating invoices to cover both personal and township expenses.
Attorney General Josh Shapiro and the 45th Investigating Statewide Grand Jury announced that the Office of Attorney General has charged the Quincy Township Supervisor for defrauding an estimated $150,000 from Quincy Township and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. This investigation was conducted in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigation.