August 10, 2012 Pikeville (TN) Mayor Charged with Public Misconduct

Was everybody asleep at the wheel while the "third-term Mayor and sitting County Commissioner" was using city funds for his personal benefit and wasting tax dollars and submitting claims to the City for reimbursement of $130,000 in insurance premiums that he never paid?

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2012/aug/09/pikeville-mayor-accused-of-stealing-wasting-in/

Here is the Comptroller's brief summary of the findings:

http://www.comptroller.tn.gov/repository/NR/20120809PikevilleMayorCostsTown.pdf
Comptroller Justin Wilson states:

"Elected officials are put in positions of public trust and they should act accordingly at all times," said Comptroller Justin P. Wilson. "Unrestrained abuses of power undermine public confidence in local leaders and create an atmosphere of distrust of government that can take years to erase."

Here is the Comptroller's Investigative Report:

http://www.comptroller.tn.gov/repository/ia/20120809PikevilleReport.pdf