The 65th edition of the Martin County Fair kicks off next week, but this year’s event is marked by the sudden departure in January of the fair’s executive director after less than six months on the job.
In her resignation letter to county commissioners, KC Ingram Mullen cited what she perceived as “serious financial misrepresentations” regarding grant applications the fair board sent to the state.
“I’m deeply disappointed this has ended in my resignation,” Mullen said.
WPTV“In those applications, I had some questions that came up about the in-kind donations,” Ingram Mullen said. “I felt we needed an attorney’s opinion, a legal opinion, about these donations.”
She claims she was not allowed to go to an attorney to get advice and decided to resign.
For years the fair has been planning to move from its current location in Stuart out west to a larger site in Indiantown. The fair association has been fundraising, trying to come up with about $3.4 million to make that move.