This is from the face book page of John Columbus.
April Cover: Good! Congratulations to all! Glad to see Jeff didn't get back on. I thought that it was weird of him to be running again. Didn't he resign from his position with no explanation when the misappropriation of funds was being investigated?
What Ms. Cover may not know is that there was no investigation because there was no misappropriation of funds. No money was taken and this was shown back in the fall of 2013. It was a matter of budget preparation back in the spring of 2013 and the result was that the budget presented to the annual Town meeting was not balanced. There were some items that were in the revenue column but not in the expense column such as the Ambulance receipts account. I have the document to show her and anyone else how it happened. So Ms. Cover may wish to check before making a statement like that. Which is misleading and probably leads to more confusion.
Jeff Bennett
I am glad you got to see this post. Do you think John Columbus will tell her the truth ? No, let her keep on thinking you and the rest of us walked away with the Town's money. I know for a fact the information for that budget came from none other than Dan. Kenney. It was a honest mistake, that is all it was. If Ms. Cover had watched Candidates night on channel 8, she would have seen what you said, and understood why you left the last time. She would also understand what the Gardner News did to you this time around. They have no right to sell as news the garbage they put out.
ReplyDeleteOne of the biggest problems I have found is that we do not have a paper, although there are fewer people who depend on one. The thing is, people tend to believe what they read in the paper. The Worcester Telegram does not have us as a Telegram Town, and Mr. Barnes usually writes can hardly be considered news. In his defense, I guess it is not his job to let people know what is going on in his town, but that does not help us one oz.
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