It’s simple: Rosa De León Park — who was put on $25,000-a-month paid administrative leave Monday night — must resign from her post as executive director of the Stanislaus Council of Governments. If she will not, then she must be fired.
A report by the Stanislaus County Civil Grand Jury released last Wednesday does not identify the executive director by name, but does clearly accuse that executive of rampant and lavish spending of public funds on luxury hotels, rental cars, airfare and misuse of credit cards. The grand jury initiated its investigation in October 2024.
For almost three years, Park allegedly rented BMWs, Mercedes Benz and Jeep Grand Cherokees to commute from her Stockton home to her Modesto office at a cost of more than $100,000, according to a report by Modesto Bee staff writer Ken Carlson. The grand jury report also noted frequent upgrades to first-class flights, and stays at hotels that charged twice the price for rooms at hotels that hosted the conference she was attending…