Complaint Focus on Waste of Taxpayer by Money County Executive Officer Jeff Van Wagenen
An amended complaint has been filed in Riverside County Superior Court that lays out the waste of taxpayer money County Executive Officer Jeff Van Wagenen authorized in 1) approving the $2.45 million “boondoggle” consulting contract with a Texas-based company and 2) the appointment of Erin Gettis as Director of Animal Services (she was removed from her position two weeks after the filing of the original complaint) though she did not meet even the minimum stated education and experience qualifications for the job., according to the complaint.
The key paragraphs relating to the consulting contract with Kristen Hassen’s Texas-based Outcome for Pets Consulting, LLC, are 36 to 46, from pages 12 to 16. The complaint lays out why this consulting contract was not just wasteful, but illegal:…