| ..."Today's Example Of Greed Over Principles."
I've been following the continuing Eden Prairie GOPer Mayor Phil Young Scandal; Part 4 (which has links to parts 1, 2, and 3) is here.
Last Tuesday, as noted here, I addressed the Eden Prairie City Council. One thing I said is this:
THIS MATTER IS ABOUT A MAYOR THAT FALSELY SIGNED DOCUMENTS FOR AT LEAST 26 MEETINGS - THERE MAY BE MORE.
And it sure looks like there are!
The City Of Eden Prairie appoints a Council Representative to a local non-profit, the Eden Prairie Foundation. The current Board make-up of that non-profit is here. On that page, you will see the City Council's appointed Representative is Kathy Nelson - NOT Mayor Phil Young.
And if you link to the January 8th, 2008 City Council Minutes here, you'll see on Page 5:
J. APPOINTMENT TO EDEN PRAIRIE FOUNDATION
Neal noted the Eden Prairie Foundation is a local philanthropic organization in the City. He said this appointment is approved on an annual basis, and Council Member Nelson is currently serving on the foundation.
Young recommended Council Member Nelson's reappointment. (emphasis added)
MOTION: Aho moved, seconded by Butcher, to approve appointment of Council Member Nelson to the Eden Prairie Foundation. Motion carried 5-0.
I you link here to the January 6th, 2009 minutes, you'll see Council Member Nelson again appointed as City Council Representative to that non-profit - and, again, on a 5-0 vote.
Everybody got that? Council Member Nelson is entitled to receive Meeting Attendance Reimbursement from City taxpayers for attending meetings with this very, Very, VERY worthy non-profit - NOT Mayor Phil Young.
So, what does GOPer Mayor Young do, on February 5th, 2009?
Turn in a handwritten "City Council Meeting Attendance Claim Form" - under the penalty of perjury - for a 27 January 2009 meeting with that non-profit.
And he did it again and Again and AGAIN -- claiming reimbursements for allegedly - ALLEGEDLY - attending meetings with that non-profit on 23 February 2009, 20 March 2009, and 29 May 2009.
And I say allegedly, because the meeting room that non-profit almost always meets at (for regular meetings) is located at City Hall, and a Data Practices Request filed with the City reveals the non-profit did NOT meet at the City in their normal room on the dates Young claimed reimbursement for.
Either way, the claims Young filed - and signed under penalty of perjury - appear to be fraudulent. If there actually were meetings with this non-profit that Mayor Young attended, he received compensation he doesn't appear entitled to because he is NOT the City Council Representative to that non-profit.
Of course, if there weren't meetings on the dates Young claimed, that just makes Young's position worse: claiming compensation he wasn't entitled to, for meetings that didn't exist.
But, hey! It's not like Young hasn't done that before!
E-mails to the non-profit concerning this matter, by people in a position to confirm or deny if there were meetings and if Young attended, have not been returned.
Stay tuned!!! |
