Below is only a small section of the May bills from
the Sciarillo firm. Before the
politicians start palpitating, Mr. Sciarillo said the bills aren’t confidential
and are drawn up for public requests.
Dominic Miller took “private board action” by contacting Mr. Sciarillo and running up all types of bills, many of which directly benefitted him and were political in nature. He never received authorization from the rest of the board. He never updated the board on the matters that Lodi was being billed.
The bills labeled “D. Miller In Board Inquiry”
included reviewing my blog posts. With
all the issues facing our district and students, D. Miller spent Lodi tax
dollars reviewing my blog posts. Without
board approval.
Many bills directly state, “preparation and drafting of ethics complaint”. Their explanation: it was only a stroke a
keyboard. Over and over again. Just a stroke of the keyboard.
Many bills state: “Receipt and review of email and attachments from D.
Miller in Re: Board Inquiry”. Mr. Sciaiarillo
claimed that he is never by the computer so emails and attachments weren’t
sent to him by Dominic Miller.
It was stated that Dominic Miller and Mr. Sciarillo
spent most of their time talking by phone.
Both claimed that they never
kept records of the dates and times of their phone calls. Unacceptable!
The Board voted tonight on the Sciarillo bills.
Three board members- Carafa, Nardino, and Miller had
conflicts of interest being Sciarillo billed Lodi for an ethics complaint
involving them. Lodi is already paying
another firm “Riker” to help them with their ethics complaint (they couldn’t
answer on their own).
A Board cannot file an ethics complaint as an entity. Tax dollars cannot be used in filing an
ethics complaint.
The vote on the Sciarillo bills involving “ethics
complaint” (Miller had a lot more conflicts than Carafa and Nardino):
NO- Curioni, Mastrofilipo
YES- Mara
Abstain- Miller, Carafa, and Nardino
The vote to approve the bills in which involved
Miller, Carafa, and Nardino failed 2-1.
I am sure the Board is scheming now to find a way to
pay Sciarillo for all bills.
Dominic Miller makes enough from Lodi. It’s time for him to pay his private attorney
with private money.
