[furquhart]

Besides using district funds to cover $1.1 million in cash withdrawals on personal credit cards, district officials shopped extravagantly at taxpayers' expense, the records show. The purchases included $18,605 for artwork from Galerie Lassen on Maui in Hawaii, $14,033 for pet supplies, $19.95 for vitamins, $81,637 to repay a college loan, $3.05 for a latte and $4,045 to a company for such merchandise as a manicure and pedicure kit, a Sony shower radio and an Aquabot Ultra Pool Cleaner with remote control. $19.95 for vitamins and $3.05 for a latte seem to be kind of out of place amid the rest of this.

[Liz]

Not out of place considereing the depths of the thieves depravity. Their arrogance knew no bounds---they got to the point where they were pocketing millions with ease. So why pay for anything themselves---even a latte---since school officals were so stupid?