Every board member is personally responsible. They are being trusted to make sure organizations operate correctly, especially where public funds are concerned. Under some circumstances board members can be held financially responsible if federal taxes are not paid or wrong doing occurs during their time on the board, not when it is discovered.

Congratulations, Lisa for contining to be the squeaky wheel on this issue for the sake of the employees, although I doubt they will ever see the rest of the money they are entitled to. There are an awful lot of questions still out there to be answered.

And no one in the community is missing the point that if it were not for the opportunity of taking a shot at Konop, Gerken remained silent on this issue involved ‘youth at risk’.

What is sad, is that this is not the only type of agency in this area being poorly managed. There are many, including one particular privately run residential facility in our area that needs to be put under a microscope, and shuttered, for the sake of those that they are supposed to serve.

Keep digging. These kids and their families need and desrve better care.

I can’t help but wonder who knew what and when – specifically, Jackie Martin had to know that Connecting Point was in trouble last fall, before her levy went before the voters – did she bother explaining that to the commissioners when she asked them to put the levy on the ballot? And when exactly did Konop and Lopez bow out their Board and what did they know when the did?

I hope you’ll keep up at your efforts on covering this story, because I believe there are a few people in this case who are either criminally negligent or are working hard to cover something up for their own political gain.