TMC: Thirty Miles of Corruption

Explosive two part exposé of Riverside City Hall Politics and Connie Leach. 

Oh what a tangled web we weave…….. Mayor Ron Loveridge , City Manager Brad Hudson,  Assistant City Manager Tom Desantis, Chief Financial Officer Paul Sundeen,   City Clerk Coleen Nichols, City Attorney Greg Priamos, Kristin Tilquest  Mayor’s Office,  Mario Lara Assistant to Tom Desantis , ConnieLeach Ex Wife and City Consultant, Russ Leach Ex Police Chief .  Now let’s connect the dots and Follow the money.  

Summation:  What are the uses of Equitable Sharing……Police Asset Forfeiture.

1. Shared funds shall be used for law enforcement agencies for law enforcement purposes only.

2. To avoid a conflict of interest or the appearance of a conflict of interest, any employee of any federal, state, or local governmental agency ( or members of his or her immediate family or those residing in his or her household ) who was involved in the investigation which led to the forfeiture of the property to be sold by the USMS contractor is prohibited from purchasing, either directly or indirectly, forfeited property.

3. All Contracts provided to Connie Leach were all signed without City Council approval.

In the packet provided to city council, tuesday, contained:

Business Licenses: Issued to Connie Howard and ex- police Chief Russ Leach of their business Impact Consulting

Newspaper Articles of Alleged Domestic  Violence in 2004

Divorce Document of filing July 25, 2006

Copies of Checks paid to Connie Leach from the General Fund, Parks and Recreation, Redevelopment, City Manager and Economic Development for 3 years and 10 months totaling approx :  $333,000.00

Not including Donations to Multi Cultural Festival for approx  $40,000, Tranfers of $35,000 and Invoices & Receipts between Connie Leach and her Vendors for approx $90,000 from Police Asset Forfeiture totaling approx   $208,000.00.

Connie Leach was paid in excess $531,000.00.

Alleged Domestic Violence, Divorce Filing of Connie Leach & Russ Leach, General Fund Payouts, Police Asset Forfeiture Conflict, Alleged Malfeasance, Misuse of Funds and Favoritism.

During the time Connie Leach was hired as a consultant, Mayor Ron Loveridge was Department Head for the Youth Council. City Manager, Brad Hudson “the boss”, was in charge of the entire budget and how it is spent.   Purchase Order #R57482 Youth Council for  $12,500 and PO #R57481 Multicultural Youth Festival  for $35,000 went right to his office via Section Code 1100 City Manager-Admin.   What is also really interesting about this $35,000 PO was that she was paid 8 months in advance for a festival that didn’t even happen. Tom Desantis Assistant City manager, signed contracts between the City of Riverside and Connie Leach on behalf of City Manager Brad Hudson.   Paul Sundeen CFO,: Signed all checks issued to Connie Leach.  Mario Lara Assistant to Tom Desantis: all processing activity for P.O.s. went through Mario Lara.  City Clerk,  Coleen Nichols, City Attorney, Greg Priamos, and Assistant to the Mayor, Kristin Tilquest , were all signers on the contracts between the City of Riverside and Connie Leach.

Connie Leach: Wife of Ex Police Chief Russ Leach and Co-Owner of Impact Consulting

Russ Leach: Co-Owner of Impact Consulting with Connie Leach.

Tuesday,  May 24, 2011 City Council 6:30pm.  We will tell the personal story of Connie Leach PART 2.

Through the  Public Records Act. We were provided with the Police Asset Forfeiture budget from 2003 to 2009 and the City Managers $50,000.00 Discretionary Spending Budget.  All the expenditures were provided without City Council approval.  Everything we found is available for public viewing by request through the City Clerks office of Colleen Nichols 951-826-5557.

Question To The Mayor and City Council: Can a City Managers Discretionary Fund with a Maximum Payout of $50,000.00 for each item.  Can it be possible to spit bill via $50,000 increments for projects which hypothetically may cost $250,000.00, in order to get by City Council approval?   Can the City Manager Fund be at all subject to abuse, do to that fact?

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