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Were Commissioners Informed of P-Card Policy? You be the judge.

Were Commissioners informed of the p-card policy? Please take the time and view these documents. You be the judge.

Time to hold our elected officials accountable who violate “Public Trust”

It is important to increase transparency, ethics, and accountability in DeKalb County Government.  Since Commissioner Elaine Boyer has claimed that she was not aware of doing anything wrong, we must search for documentation to verify if her statement is in fact true.

 

Crosswords Newspaper article: "Boyer Uses County Card For $12,000 In Personal Expenses" by Ken Watts (3/28/2014), reported the following quotes from Commissioner Elaine Boyer:

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·        "It never dawned on me that what I was doing

was wrong."

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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution article: “DeKalb Official Spent County Funds On Herself” by Johnny Edwards (3/22/2014), reported the following quotes from Commissioner Elaine Boyer:

·        “I was never informed that what I was doing was in violation of any county policy.”

·        http://legalpronews.findlaw.com/article/22082f625614e6f3810cfff376dbde72#.U0rRSiiKV6U;

·        http://www.myajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/dekalb-official-spent-county-funds-on-herself/nfH4g/

 

It is paramount that we increase "Public Trust" in DeKalb County.  We must hold our elected officials accountable if they knowingly lie or misrepresent the truth to the public.

 

View the answers to Open Records Request on DeKalb County Commissioners Deficiencies below…

You be the judge:

1. Purchase Card (P-Card) Comprehensive Audit Review – BOC/Central Staff/ County Clerk to CEO & BOC (Scan 2): http://www.scribd.com/doc/218008597/Purchase-Card-P-Card-Comprehensive-Audit-Review-%E2%80%93-BOC-Central-Staff-County-Clerk-to-CEO-BOC

 

2. Internal Audit of P-Card transactions for period October 2009 through February 2010 (Scan 6): http://www.scribd.com/doc/218013456/Internal-Audit-of-P-Card-transactions-for-period-October-2009-through-February-2010

 

 

3. Internal Audit of P-Card transactions for the period December 1, 2010 through May 31, 2011 (Scan 7): http://www.scribd.com/doc/218014020/Internal-Audit-of-P-Card-transactions-for-the-period-December-1-2010-through-May-31-2011

 

4. Commissioners Cardholder User’s Agreement and Purchasing Card For Travel Agreement Form (Scan 5): http://www.scribd.com/doc/218014552/Commissioners-Cardholder-User%E2%80%99s-Agreement-and-Purchasing-Card-For-Travel-Agreement-Form

 

 

5. Commissioner Elaine Boyer and Bob Lundsten Ethics Complaint (Scan 4): http://www.scribd.com/doc/218015213/Commissioner-Elaine-Boyer-and-Bob-Lundsten-Ethics-Complaint

 

6. P-Card Review Lunch and Learn with Commissioners Attendance Record (Scan 3): http://www.scribd.com/doc/218015808/P-Card-Review-Lunch-and-Learn-with-Commissioners-Attendance-Record

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