Fox C-6 Watchdogs: State Auditor Tom Schweich's Victory Speech Talks About School District Corruption!

Fox C-6 Watchdogs: State Auditor Tom Schweich's Victory Speech Talks About School District Corruption!



I wish that he had been more critical of Lee's Summit.  He did find many things that were not right, but he gave them an overall good grade.  If he took into account some of the things that go on in this district he would have seen the corruption in Lee's Summit.  But, he can only look at the money.  The corruption is beyond the money.



State Auditor Tom Schweich's Victory Speech Talks About School District Corruption!

State Auditor Tom Schweich was just re-elected on Tuesday November 4, 2014 to serve the state 
of Missouri for another 4 years as state auditor.  Mr. Schweich gave an excellent victory speech. 
I found his speech on his Twitter account @AuditorSchweich. He is the taxpayer watchdog 
for the state of Missouri.

Mr. Schweich's office is currently auditing the Fox C-6 School District. His staff has 
their work cut out for them. You can read articles on this blog documenting some 
of what's been exposed and uncovered in the Fox C-6 School District so far in just the last several months.

Mr. Schweich's commitment towards uncovering and reporting on fraud, waste, 
buse and corruption should be very encouraging to the taxpayers of the Fox C-6 School District.

Hopefully Mr. Schweich will be able to build an airtight case that documents 
all of the problems that have been occurring in the Fox C-6 School District during former superintendent Dianne Critchlow's tenure.

The Fox C-6 taxpayers deserve to recover every penny that was improperly 
spent on personal items and food by school district officials over the last 9+ years 
rather that should have been spent on educating our students and our teachers.

Mr. Schweich talks about his office being sued by special interest groups who 
don't want him to accurately report what's been going on in the state. This tactic sounds 
very similar to the Cease and Desist letters that were sent to myself and others in our district 
who were trying to expose the problems in our district for years.

Quotes from Tom Schweich's Victory Speech
"Let's remember we live in the greatest state in the union, the state of Missouri,and I'm so proud to represent the people of this state. But, even in that context of greatness there are challenges and I wanted to talk a little bit about that and what I plan to do about it going forward.  ry Education. We need some work there. I've audited a lot of schools. I've audited the 4 largest school districts in Missouri and many of the rural ones as well and there are significant challenges... I audited Rockwood School District, not too far from here and found conflicts of interest and double dealing. We've got problems with our education system and we need to work on it... 
First, I think there's a lack of leadership at the top. Second, I think there's political corruption plane and simple. Remember my job is to root out fraud, waste and abuse and corruption in state and local government..."

"This is what I see everyday because of the nature of my job. Because I see corruption at all levels state, county, local. People who are serving themselves at the expense of the people...
I've audited School Officials and exposed massive conflicts of interest in Rockwood here and Hickman Mills School District near Kansas City, the Grandview School District. People getting free tickets. People getting paid off. I mean it does happen.These people are then serving themselves and not serving you."

"I want you to know that as I take over in my second term as your state auditor, I am committed more than ever before to fighting all aspects of corruption in all aspects of state, local government in Jefferson City, in the counties, in the cities and in the school districts. I will continue to be your taxpayer Watchdog and I will never be bought by anyone. You have my word!"

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