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The Town of
Franklin’s embattled highway superintendent has submitted his
resignation, though a technicality has prevented the town from
moving to replace him.
Town Highway
Superintendent James Rascoe has been off the job since February when
he took a leave of absence for medical reasons. His leave of absence
coincided with the revelation that he is being investigated by the
Franklin County District Attorney’s Office for official misconduct.
DA Derek Champagne
had been given a letter alleging that Rascoe had made “inappropriate
financial expenditures” and “misappropriations.”
The highway
superintendent has maintained he has done nothing wrong and has been
made a target.
“It’s a handful of
the usual people,” he told WNBZ in March. “They don’t have anything
better to do than to cause trouble and make false accusations.”
Rascoe’s letter of
resignation – dated July 14 – is not official because it was
addressed to the town supervisor, not the town clerk as required by
law.
Supervisor Mary Ellen
Keith said once that is remedied, the town would move to accept
Rascoe’s resignation.
“Hopefully we can
move on with what we need to do when this resignation is legally
effective,” she said.
Since Rascoe’s leave
of absence, deputy highway superintendent James Perry has run the
town highway department.
-Jacob Resneck,
7-16-08
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