Sunday, July 12, 2015

[Nevada County] Grand Jury lacking citizen oversight

The Civil Grand Jury report of June 26, concerning spending on Nevada County Office of Education-issued credit cards is another example of the Grand Jury operating out of control and lacking citizen oversight.

Witch hunts are implemented with minimal thought and due diligence. The presiding foreperson Keith Overbey, stated, “We’re only as good as the information we get” leading one to assume that minimal and possibly selective data is enough to disparage persons or organizations. Judge Anderson needs to reign in this out of control group comprised of well meaning volunteers before more innocent people are defamed.

Superintendent Holly Hermansen has made us proud of our schools and she was reelected over the petty politics of disgruntled old-guard board members who were voted off the board. Why does Anderson and Overbey drag us back into the trials and personal tribulations of Jack Meeks and Marianne Slade-Troutman, who were voted out? Why does the Grand Jury lack the wisdom to avoid personal vendettas? Lack of foresight is apparent and a pattern of sloppiness revealed when reading reports on the fire department consolidation, gold mine water toxicity and vagrants. The report on vagrants was especially hurtful to innocent people in need.

Enough is enough. Lets see an oversight report on the Grand Jury’s mission and its management.

Paul Molino

Nevada City

Published in the Western Nevada County Union

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