Monticello Mayor, Bob Fox, was arrested in his house on Friday. He allegedly submitted mileage claims on 39 occasions for events he either did not attend or for which he did not provide his own transportation resulting in reimbursements of $2,482.83.
I’ll be watching this one since I lived in Monticello for about 7 years. Bob always seemed like a nice guy, but I can’t provide any better character references than that. Seems like a 71 year old mayor isn’t going to intentionally commit crimes for a couple thousand bucks, but who knows.
Actually, the Monticello Herald Journal has more in depth coverage
I have met Bob Fox on several occasions, and my gut instinct is to give him the benefit of the doubt. When I moved to Monticello, the very first thing I did was go to the local bank to set up an account, and Bob was the banker. He was so nice, talked to me about his dogs, asked me about my job. I even mentioned that I didn’t have a phone book, so he went somewhere in the back and found one for me.
Some time later, I had a problem with my account and I called with a question. He personally called me back and was just as nice as could be. Seems silly to me to try to fraud the city out of such a small amount.