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Show Pfc'jd Of County CAPSfci&iS Bsccnls Fop 3 Ygeps By LE ANN ALLEN Fund discrepancies such as the Community Action Program in Davis County are not unusual throughout the country says County Deputy Attorney Loren Martin. BECAUSE OF the way the organization was established, it seems to be an unusual way of giving away money." He explained that the recent probe of CAP should not reflect on the county organization. or-ganization. CAP was originally set up as a private organization under the federal government. govern-ment. It's goal was to bypass local governments to bring help directly to the underprivileged. under-privileged. This left loose ends in the distribution of finances. THE OFFICE in Farming-ton Farming-ton was closed this week as records are being reviewed. Sheriff's deputies closed the office under the direction of Mr. Martin and approved by County Commission Chairman Chair-man C.E. Moss. Mr. Martin reported to mayors at a Correlation of Governments meeting this week that bank records have been subpoenaed and that records are being reviewed, going back three years, implicating present and past CAP administration and employes. SOMEONE asked him how this was discovered. "From my experience in law enforcement enfor-cement I find that seldom do you catch a person in pursuit of a crime, it is usually through an informer." "I am extremely proud of our community organizations and their vested interest in the people they serve. Then the federal government comes along and says we will ignore that and establish something different," he commented. A ROUTINE aduit would not have disclosed the discrepancies. There were voucher contracts and valid payments. However, there was some agreement with the payee for reimbursement for services not rendered and subsequently put into a private account, he explained. "An auditor would have to be extremely limber to catch that." The county audits are done by a private firm, Goldsbury ; and Associates, as requested by the commission and required by federal law. |