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| CORRUPT SCHOOL TRUSTEE LEN SARVER |
Mount Vernon Exposed has just learned about more corruption
involving Mount Vernon School Chief Judith Johnson and her minion, Mount Vernon
School Board Trustee Len Sarver.
Johnson with the assistance of Sarver has craftily found a
way to sneak an Architectural firm on the agenda that does business and is affiliated
with Sarver. It is unclear if there is
or has ever been any financial arrangement between the architectural firm of
Fuller Angelo and Trustee Sarver and school chief Judith Johnson.
Board members including Trustee Elias Gootzeit, have questioned
the need to have an architectural firm that’s costs taxpayers $700 per
day. On top of that, they are being hired to oversee asbestos removal, not a service offered to the general public on their website fullerdangelo.com Every time this matter comes up for
discussion during a board meeting, Trustee Sarver, despite a conflict of
interest, always seems to go the extra mile to steer his “buddies” millions of
dollars of contracts on the backs of cash strapped taxpayers.
Just recently, Trustee Gootzeit recommended that the school
district solicit bids or an RFP for architectural services because Mount Vernon
taxpayers can no longer afford the current quid pro quo blanket arrangement
currently in place with Fuller D’Angelo.
Trustee Gootzeit was met with fierce opposition from Trustee
Sarver. Sources told Mount Vernon
Exposed that Sarver went into a hell bent rage and therefore RFP proposal was
killed and Sarver’s “buddies” continued to be the recipient of an open-ended
contract with no oversight from board members.
Why does Len Sarver continue to meddle in the buildings and grounds
business of the school board when he is no longer the chairman of the building
and grounds committee?
During one board meeting, Mount Vernon Exposed witnessed
first hand Sarver’s psychotic behavior.
Sarver disrespected fellow board member Adrienne Saunders who currently
chairs the building and grounds committee.
Saunders, who is African American, was at the receiving end of Sarver’s
tirade in which he lashed out at her in public saying, “What do you know about
buildings”? Sarver assumed that because Saunders
was a woman and also possibly because she was a black woman, that Saunders knew
nothing about buildings and grounds and that he would use this as a basis to
get his old job back so he continue riding the money train.
Once again Sarver is wrong. In addition to being a Licensed Real Estate
Broker, Saunders is a successful real estate investor, so it would hard to
believe that one would become successful in real estate without a clear understanding
of buildings and grounds. Sarver’s true
colors were revealed that evening. He is
a racist and he has no respect for woman, especially woman of color.
Board members have long questioned the motives and integrity
of Len Sarver. Many wonder when did
Trustee Sarver begin to “Break Bad”. Sarver,
who ran on a ticket vowing to reform the school district, has done nothing but
try to reform his bank account courtesy of Mount Vernon taxpayers. Sarver is all alone on the school board as
the other 8 members are all in agreement that Trustee Len Sarver and Super
indent Judith Johnson must immediately resign if there is any chance to save
the schools and repair the tarnished image that has been a black cloud over the
Mount Vernon community for the past two decades.
Just last month when a tab up for vote regarding Fuller
D’Angelo, Trustee Sarver recused him from the vote without a thorough
explanation, just stating that he is “friends” with one of the principles. Just what does that mean Mr. Sarver? Are you receiving kickbacks in exchange for
pushing through contracts? Did Fuller
D’Angelo steer work to your electrical business? These questions are more need to be
answered. Mr. Sarver and Judith Johnson
must be held accountable for their actions and they must never forget that they
work for the taxpayer and not vice versa.
If Federal investigators did a forensic audit of the Mount
Vernon School district, not only will they find Sarver’s and Johnson’s hand in
the cookie jar, they will discover the ancestors that came before Sarver and
Johnson who taught them the tricks of the trade and how to pacify the people
while they robbed the city blind. They will also discover dozens of people with no show jobs living in Florida, Georgia, and various other states that have been on the school district payroll for over 20 years. Just
ten years ago, the school budget was $101 million dollars today the budget of
over $200 million dollars. Where did all the money go? It certainly wasn't inflation that drove up the school budget.
If one was to check the School District website you will
notice the absence of the school budget.
Timothy Costello, who is alleged to have looted the school district of
tens of millions of dollars during his tenure as Budget Administrator for the Mount
Vernon City School District, prepares the budget that is voted yearly by Mount
Vernon residents. Costello is still
employed as the Budget Administrator.
What is Mr. Costello hiding? What
is his role in the “great heist”? These questions and more will be answer in
the next issue. To be continued………
