Special ed director said to siphon $10m
The former director of the Merrimack Special Education Collaborative is facing allegations that he fleeced the publicly funded organization, set up to provide education services to special needs children, of more than $10 million while paying himself, a former girlfriend, and a handful of top staff extravagant salaries and bonuses.
In letters mailed Monday, Gregory W. Sullivan, the state’s inspector general, said that John B. Barranco also racked up more than $50,000 in personal expenses on a credit card issued by a related nonprofit organization, including tickets to the Kentucky Derby, improvements to vacation homes in New Hampshire and Florida, Christmas gifts for a daughter, luxury clothes, and nearly $16,000 in gasoline, purchased from 2003 through 2010.
2003? ZOMG it's Bush's fault!
You know, I honestly think that flogging would be going too easy on this guy if these allegations are proven. Here's a guy working under the guise of helping the community's most needy students get the special assistance they need, and he's robbing the system blind? There's a special extra-toasty section of Hell reserved for you, pal.
It sure looks like any time someone on the board of directors of the Collaborative got inquisitive as to why this dude was raking in the big bucks, they found themselves getting a six-figure job as an assistant assistant or something. Turns out that not only are those who watch the watchers not doing their jobs, they're also easily bribed. In my world, they would be flogged as well. I'm thinking as described in "Starship Troopers" flogged, only I wouldn't go so easy on them...
Sure, I'm a little biased here - first off, those are *my* tax dollars being wasted there. The state - under the courageous leadership of Cadillac Deval - increased the sales tax from 5% to 6.25% because we didn't have enough money. Because of waste like this! This jackass and his collaborative make every damn thing I buy in this state more expensive. Secondly, this was done while the head of the Special Education collaborative - this bastard knew full well that his funding would never get cut, because ZOMG THOSE PORE SPECIAL NEEDS STUDENTS!!!111
He used the cover of vulnerable kids in need to enrich himself. Hell might even be too good for him.
That is all.
2 comments:
Yeah, it's a new low, almost. About 25 years ago, the Head of the United Way for the ENTIRE United States was caught with his Fingers in the Till. Just think of all the Orgs out there that didn't get money to help their needy ones because of Scum like these guys and his cronies. One does have to wonder, though: Isn't there an Honest Politician in that State AT ALL who can start the ball rolling on eliminating these Parasites? Sounds like they're ALL in it together in Mass, and I wonder how many of them have ties to Romney and his pack.
A short tour in Leavenworth would balance things out nicely, just six months ought to do it.
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