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MOUNT VERNON, N.Y. – Mount Vernon residents say they are uneasy with their local government, which has recently come under fire with a series of investigations.
Reports said that at least two years' worth of financial disclosure forms, which are required to be filed each year, are missing from high-ranking village officials, including Mayor Ernest Davis.
“It’s a little unsettling to see all the negativity that has been following around the people that are supposed to be leading us,” resident Jackie Scott said. “These are people we are supposed to be able to trust.”
Davis is also involved in a federal probe investigating both his finances and charity organizations that he founded during his time in office.
The city ethics board is in the process of determining whether Corporation Counsel Nichelle Johnson acted in poor faith when she made use of a car that had been loaned to her by a strip club owner that sued Mount Vernon on more than one occasion.
Resident Dave Liller said he’s curious to see how all of the investigations unfold, though he hopes for the best.
“I think it will be interesting to see how the whole thing shakes out, there’s certainly a lot going on right now,” he said. “Hopefully there were just some minor mistakes made and we can put our faith in the people we elected.”
The City of Mount Vernon has not offered comment regarding any of these investigations.
Comments (5)
Ernest was mad because the people used the FEDS to get him out. He felt that the residents had turn against him. I can only imagine what was going through his mind when he thought of the people who had betrayed him.
Using thug power, stripper money, Grace Baptist Church and a bunch of blind mice seniors because they are the biggest voting group in the city, Ernest got back into office, and now he is getting his revenge.
Lesson to be learned: If a thief visits your home and steals from you don't invite the thief back it'll be worst.
Interestingly, at the end of the Election Day in 2011, Maureen Walker was winning by a decent amount of ballots, but the next morning, Ernest Davis was declared the winner.
Many of the people who were pushing for Davis to be the Mayor for a fourth term, may be receiving special favors from him. It was evident by the people who attended the "fundraiser" last week.
The Feds need to do their job thoroughly this time, and take down Davis and all those who are complicit with him.
The majority of our citizens are hard working taxpayers who deserve the best HONEST leadership possible.
This present administration, and the previous one, has produced some laudable signs of progress. However: the publicized corruptive practices and actions by a few of its members have dwarfed those notable accomplishments.
I dont't know how others might feel, but I am FED UP, I can only hope that the FEDS will uncover the TRUTH.
I don't know what "notable accomplishments" you're talking about. Clinton Young was so overwhelmed by the corruption left by the 3 terms of Davis, he couldn't get Mount Vernon out of the hole Davis created. Davis has done nothing good for the city.
Mount Vernon has always had little bits of corruption in City Hall over the years, but since Ernie Davis has been Mayor, it's been much worse. It's rampant almost throughout his administration, and he's well aware of it. For one of the residents quoted in the above article to say there were some "minor mistakes", well, that's Davis' excuse for everything. But the "mistakes" are not minor - they're major and there are many of them and while there may be one or two honest "mistakes", most of them are not.
I hope the Feds do a thorough investigation and take Davis down and out, along with his City Hall cronies who are complicit with his questionable financial activities.