Posted on 12/07/2012 7:50:03 PM PST by Libloather
Ex-Dixon official's home: Pool, baby grand, chandelier with pistols
Associated Press
4:15 p.m. CST, December 7, 2012
Rita Crundwell spared no expense when she built and furnished her sprawling home with custom touches like a chandelier made of old revolvers and spurs, an in-ground pool and a baby grand piano in the wood-beamed living room.
**SNIP**
And she did it all, Crundwell has admitted, by stealing $53 million from the people of Dixon, embezzling the money over two decades while serving as comptroller in the city that was Ronald Reagan's boyhood home. The 59-year-old pleaded guilty last month and will be sentenced Feb. 14. She was allowed to remain free until then and still faces 60 separate state felony charges for theft in Lee County. She has pleaded not guilty to those charges.
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Well, there's a typical gov't mindset.
Why rob banks? Just work for the government.
“It could have paid for city hall, it could have paid for the police and fire, it could have paid for our water and sewer treatment plant, we could have had better roads .....Yep. Spend, spend,spend.
Dixon Illinois
Ronald Reagan’s old stomping grounds...
$53 million over 20 years-who audited the books-her brother?
One person can embezzle $2.5 million dollars a year for 20 years and nobody noticed it or her lavish life style on her salary.
I’m just surprised that she’s not on paid leave during all of this.
There’s a women’s prison just up the road in Dwight. I’d be honored to give her a lift.
Well, the awful thing about sending her to prison (which is where she should be) is that she’s still costing the taxpayers money.
Maybe a chain gang is where she should be. At least she might be put to work paving roads or some such that would benefit the tax payers......
Well, the awful thing about sending her to prison (which is where she should be) is that she’s still costing the taxpayers money.
Maybe a chain gang is where she should be. At least she might be put to work paving roads or some such that would benefit the tax payers......
Well, the awful thing about sending her to prison (which is where she should be) is that she’s still costing the taxpayers money.
Maybe a chain gang is where she should be. At least she might be put to work paving roads or some such that would benefit the tax payers......
Well, the awful thing about sending her to prison (which is where she should be) is that she’s still costing the taxpayers money.
Maybe a chain gang is where she should be. At least she might be put to work paving roads or some such that would benefit the tax payers......
Jeeze—do y’all get my point? I only hit post once, I promise.
Let’s see if this one posts several times.
What is the annual budget in that town?
annual budget $8-9 million
!!!!
How in the world did nobody notice???
She did pretty good on an 80,000.00 a year salary. /s
this is not a new story... here is an interesting link:
http://www.illinoispolicy.org/blog/blog.asp?ArticleSource=4806
Her job was an appointed job. Guess which party appointed her? (D).
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