{"id":7403,"date":"2014-01-14T09:36:57","date_gmt":"2014-01-14T14:36:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/?p=7403"},"modified":"2014-01-14T09:37:52","modified_gmt":"2014-01-14T14:37:52","slug":"change-orders-in-dekalb-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.l-a-k-e.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/change-orders-in-dekalb-county.html","title":{"rendered":"Change orders in DeKalb County"},"content":{"rendered":"

\r\nManipulating construction contracts landed two former DeKalb County school \r\nemployees in prison.\r\n

\r\nRhonda Cook wrote for the AJC 9 December 2013,\r\n\r\n<\/a>\r\n\r\nFormer DeKalb schools COO gets 15 years:\r\nJudge rejects former superintendent Crawford Lewis\u2019 deal for no jail time<\/a>,\r\n

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\r\nProsecutors allege Reid sent work to her husband by presenting new\r\nwork at Columbia as an extension of what he was already contracted\r\nto do and then Pope allegedly overcharged the district.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nProsecutors also contend Pope helped a contractor and another\r\narchitect, both unindicted co-conspirators, adjust their proposals\r\nfor the McNair renovations to win the contract. Pope later was the\r\narchitect, working in the background, on renovations at the McNair\r\nElementary School Cluster.\r\n<\/p>\r\n

\r\nReid also was convicted of theft for having school district workers\r\nrepair her county-issued Ford Explorer just before she bought it for\r\none-third its value. The SUV was eventually returned after an\r\ninvestigation of the purchase began.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n

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