Verifying

The Auditors did look in to Ms. White's claims. That is why they are not included in the report or management letter. The claims that Ms. White has made that are not included in the managment letter the Auditors could not find anything to support her claims. Because of having to look into and investigate all of the claims made by Ms. White that is the reason for the increased cost of the audit. The auditors did look in to many of the claims and did not find anything.

As to filing a complaint, how much are you willing to spend to recover the money. Does it make sense to spend more money than we will recover? I still dispute Ms. White's numbers.

Information should have been shared with the past council. There is no excuse for it not to have been shared. I think that the past councils should have played a more active part. The Council sets appropriations and nothing can be spent without the Council approving it. There are checks and balances and they were ignored in the past, but now each branch is now performing the jobs they should have been doing.

Did Not Check

The auditors could not have looked into all my compliants or the prosecutor would have been contacted.

Ohio Public Works sent a letter to the Village about fraud in public Projects.

Russolillo made deals with Pomeroy to use money from Phase V to pay them a second time for the same work done in Phase IV. The Management Letter from 2000-2001 state that Russolillo approved deals with Pomeroy without council approval. Russolillo and Pomeroy did the same things when the resurfacing was done. The auditors should have refered this for prosecution.

The auditors also stated in that Letter that Mark Bartel defrauded the residents on building permits and the money should be given back to them. Bartel was not a building inspector, nor a zoning inspector as Russolillo said in meeting minutes. The auditors should have refered this for prosecution.

You have a lot of nerve saying that I cost the Village money. If the auditors would do their job, the Village would have a lot of money coming back. The Village does not have to pay the prosecutor and attorney general to prosecute.

To keep allowing this to continue is aiding and abetting. It is criminal. Why should the taxpayers of Ohio suffer because none of you in Valleyview want to make ememies of Betty Montgomery and Jim Petro?

Who had to pay I.R.S., pension funds, workman's comp and the bills twice because Russolillo, Hunt and Cain left an empty till? It wasn't just Valleyview residents.

Don't blame me for the ''sloppy bookkeeping'' of the mayors and clerks.

But They Did Check Them Out

The Auditors did look into the claims made by Ms. White and that is why the prosecutors are not being contacted.

Ms. White is not being blamed for sloppy bookkeeping. I will state now as I always have that Ms. White was never the Clerk/Treasurer for Valleyview and in no way shape or form had anything to do with the book keeping of Valleyview. It should also be stated that Mayors cannot and do not maintain the books of a Village. The Mayor does not write or sign any checks for the Village. The Clerk/Treasurers and Fiscal Officers along with Council are responsbile for signing checks and paying bills. Ms. White continues to single out just a few individuals when I hold the opinion that there are many more people at fault. Why former Clerk/Treasurers made statements of why they paid what and when it was their responsbility to see that the financial obligations of the Village were met. The Council also has that responsibility, but not the Mayor.

Ultimately it appears that the two Clerk/Treasurers did not do their jobs and that Council also failed in their responsibilities to see that the financial obligations of the Village were met.

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I see everyone is still afraid of Russolillo.

Russolillo told Laura Hunt and Debbie Cain what to do. I guess you missed the meeting when I asked why the fire contract hadn't been paid to Columbus. Debbie Cain said, ''I only pay what Mike tells me to. Sometimes I will get mail that is three months old.''

Council never got their Management Letters or were told about post audit meetings. It would seem that someone had a lot to hide. WHY?

I guess this is why my life and property were threatened. It didn't work, because these people will give it back to the people. It was not their money. Doesn't the auditor believe O.P.W.C, or does it depend who made the ''mistakes''?

Aren't you a little curious of what Russolillo was hiding. And why he was afraid I would find out. Then I get threatened.

Sorry Mr. Parrish, the auditors know and won't admit their mistakes. They have let it continue.

I would advise council, stay away from Pomeroy and Watkins getting together.

Do you really condone them getting paid twice for the same job? That is what the letter from O.P.W.C was about.