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Mayor Avedisian will never approve a city wide audit as he knows that the results will rock the city. The results indicating vast amounts of theft activity will ruin him and several others. Suddenly he has fiscal concerns about the cost of an audit but he had no problem weeks before the election to attempt to dip into the rainy day fund for $850,000 in non contractual bonuses. He should be advocating for the audit of all revolving accounts simply to put to rest the though that theft is possible.

Thousands of dollars are wasted every day in this city due to inefficiency in all departments. Its a fact but to repair the problem would cost votes for several officials. This is not the first time that there has been arrests over stolen goods. Just Avedisians comment that he will not be surprised if there is an additional arrest is cause to contemplate what else is going on and how is it going to be squashed. I also believe that the city should begin to look at the activities of recent retirees.

During the prosecution of Mr. Naylor, Mr. Michael R. Cook testified the following (taken from the court settlement documents)

"On April 23, 2013 a hearing was conducted where both parties were afforded an opportunity to be heard on the issue of whether probable cause existed that the defendant committed the offense charged. At this hearing, Michael R. Cook ("Mr. Cook"), a retired former DPW worker, testified for the defendant. Mr. Cook stated that during his 28 years of employment, there existed an unwritten policy whereby employees "could take anything [and] just bring it back" Mr. Cook further explained that NO SYSTEM existed whereby employees made requests to a supervisor, or recorded items being borrowed or returned, Instead, Mr. Cook stated that the common practice that existed within the DPW was based on "the honor system", and employees only needed to return what was borrowed. In fact, Mr. Cook testified that when a consumable item such as GASOLINE was taken, it was necessary for the employee to replace what was taken. Finally, Mr. Cook testified that it was not uncommon for employees to borrow items from the facility after it was closed.

MAYOR, ARE YOU READING THIS? ARE YOU SERIOUS THAT WE DONT NEED A FORENSIC AUDIT? The court documents suggest 28 years of theft, 16 years on your watch.

Then highway chief Mike Webers notes in the case. "Mr Naylor was not arrested at the scene nor was he charged with a crime after the police department completed their investigation in the following days".

"Mr. Webers statements - contained within the information packet-points out that althoughMr. Naylor "had things that he did not have permission to take or use," it then seems to excuse Mr. Naylor's using the cast iron pipe "to prop up a deck while he worked on it" and Mr. Weber expressly states that "THE INCIDENT WOULD BE HANDLED WITHOUT POLICE INVOLVEMENT".

The courts conclusion also points out that the neglect of the city due to the delay of bringing the charges forth weighed heavily on the courts decision to dismiss the case.

Anyone that would like a copy of the court transcript can obtain it by contacting cartaxrevolt@aol.com.

Wake up Mayor