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Free cash, just get a government job. If this is what they found imagine how much is missing and not found. These people that steal from inmates and our  education system are especially despicable. All this gets swept under the rug in Sequatchie County.

Report of Cash Shortages and Other Thefts in County Offices/Departments as Reported in Annual Financial Reports for the Year Ended June 30, 2009, and Certain Special Reports

The  county’s 2007-08 audit report reflected  a cash shortage  in the Sheriff’s Department of $2,011.81 in its inmate funds operations (personal funds taken from a person at the time of his arrest).  This cash shortage resulted from receipted funds not being deposited to the official bank account or being accounted for otherwise. This cash shortage has been reviewed with the district  attorney general and the county  executive.  Subsequent to June 30, 2009,  employees of the Sheriff’s Department made contributions of $1,197 to apply toward the cash shortage.

The county’s 2006-07 audit report reflected a cash shortage  of  $8,669  in  the commissary operation  of the Sheriff’s Office.  This cash shortage resulted from commissary receipts not being deposited to the official bank account or otherwise accounted for. This  shortage was  reviewed with the  district attorney general and county officials  and subsequently investigated by the  Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI). On December 18, 2008, a former employee entered into a pretrial diversion agreement on charges related to this cash shortage and has agreed to pay restitution of $8,551.26. The difference of $117.74 ($8,669-$8,551.26) between the original shortage amount and the agreed to restitution amount was written off.

On January 25, 2010, School Department officials notified auditors that a payroll discrepancy had been discovered. During the period July 1, 2006, through January 21, 2010, the payroll bookkeeper had issued checks totaling $31,710 to herself in excess of her allowable compensation. The payroll bookkeeper and two other School Department bookkeepers receive compensation, in addition to their regular salaries, for bookkeeping responsibilities related to special programs operated by the School Department. According to school officials,  the bookkeepers are required to work extra hours to receive this additional compensation; however, there are no written policies and procedures on file at the School Department addressing work hours, overtime, or additional compensation. The payroll bookkeeper’s additional compensation from the adult education program was budgeted at $5,000 annually. As part of her duties, she calculated her overtime rate and additional overtime hours required to receive the additional compensation, prepared the budget and  reports for the adult education program, issued payroll checks, and made direct deposits for payroll.  The shortage was determined as the difference in the overtime reported on the payroll bookkeeper’s time reports and the amount she was paid from the adult education program, as follows:

Compensation Fiscal Compensation Based on Year from Aduit Reported Calculated

Total $  44,500               $ (12,790)            $ 31,710 * These amounts are through January 21, 2010.

The payroll bookkeeper resigned her position on January 21, 2010.  This finding has been reviewed with the district attorney general.

The  county’s  2007-08 audit report reflected  a cash shortage  of $4,248.51 in the County Clerk’s Office. This shortage resulted from  several motor vehicle title application transactions had been altered by an employee of the office. The county’s insurance carrier has paid $3,248.51 toward the shortage reducing the outstanding shortage amount to $1,000 on June 30. 2009. On January 26, 2009, the Sequatchie County Grand Jury indicted Michelle Farley, a former office employee,  for theft of property of $4,248.51.

The State has also reported that:  The County is not using due care to stop the thefts. Click her for PDF from state comptroller. See page 177.

On Tuesday, July 20th, 2010, at approximately 8:38 P.M. officers of the Dunlap Police Department responded to a fight incident in the parking lot area of the former Bi-Lo Store located on Hwy 28 in Dunlap. Prior to the officers arriving at the location, a witness had stopped the fight.

North Valley Medical in Dunlap Tennessee will be closing sometime in September. The parent company will be going through a restructuring and terminating the facility.  The Sequatchie County and Dunlap City governments will be looking for another company to operate the facility. This is all I know at this time but will keep you updated.

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2010-07-09

This report his little to do with our local politics but has been directly pointed at our national politics.

The new catch phrase in politics is  “Jobs, Jobs, Jobs”.  I am all for job creation but not at the cost of freedom.  They will use jobs as a stepping stone to remove freedom. Just as they have used issues in the past to remove our freedoms.  For example the RICCO laws that were intended to help law enforcement stop organized crime such as drug cartels and racketeering. The RICCO laws have been used against cartels and racketeers but have more often been used to prosecute religious communities and Ministers who speak out against abortion. Free speech has been edited or abridged.

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Independent Candidate for Governor, June Griffin, an avid Patriot, was sincerely disappointed at the auctioning off of the Mexican flag for which she was charged with crimes in removing it from its show of Mexican occupation.  Ms. Griffin was accused of tearing the flag down that was displayed at an Hispanic store in Dayton Tennessee on on July 20, 2006. The case was dismissed but the flag remained in evidence. She intended on keeping the flag in her  home as a conversation piece because the event was so important and controversial.

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I don’t believe the the government or BP. This oil spill has the potential to be the worst environmental disaster ever. Compare it to an atomic weapon. The oil spill will damage a much larger area. The video below produced by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and collaborators demonstrates how a dye travels up the gulf stream into the Atlantic Ocean. This is happening at such a slow pace people are not seeing it for the disaster it is.

The economic damage alone is insurmountable. For example, one oyster fisherman in Louisiana  is losing $400,000 per month and this damage done to the oyster beds will last years. Multiply this by just 140 miles of coastline and the amount would bankrupt BP. This spill has a large fishery closed now and already low real estate values are plummeting on the Gulf coast in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi.

(This is a 34 second video. You should be able to view it with a low speed connection. )

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Former Sequatchie County School Board Bookkeeper Reba A. Ewton has been indicted for Official Misconduct and Theft of Property, both felony charges.

Theft of Property TCA 39-14-103

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