Short excerpt from CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Follow the Money
Another example of improper allocations funded by the Budget Digest was the $2,950 sent to the town of Davis in 1995, 1998, 1999, for a Blackwater 100 festival. The problem is that the Blackwater 100 was a motorcycle-ATV race that was last run in 1992. Nonetheless, the town of Davis knowingly cashed the “Blackwater 100” checks and used the money for other purposes. I know about this specific situation because it was brought to my attention when I was working in the Attorney General’s Office during a time when I was conducting an investigation for the Attorney General. Through a Freedom of Information request I obtained copies of all of the contracts from the Department of Education and the Arts which were signed by the mayor and recorder of Davis and used to deceptively receive the money for the non-existent event. The contracts were one page and were clear and concise documents that included “Blackwater 100” in bold on several occasions as the stated purpose for which the State was giving the money and for which the town of Davis was accepting it. When I reported this illegal expenditure to the proper authority at the Department of Education and the Arts, who oversaw the distribution of Budget Digest money to various festivals, she simply told me, . . . .To read Chapter Sixteen in its entirety, get your copy of "Don't Buy Another Vote. I Won't Pay for a Landslide." today!
