For The Detroit News, Daren Nichols writes…
\”David Gates, the former chief accountant who accused the nation\’s 21st largest library of mismanaging $4.2 million of grant money, has filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the Detroit Public Library. The lawsuit accuses the Detroit Public Library of terminating Gates after he found library administrators were recording funding from endowments and gifts separately from the institution\’s general fund. The suit said Gates was fired June 7 \”after he was about to report violations or suspected violations of state and/or federal law to local, state and/or federal employees.\” According to the attorney representing Gates, \”Somebody is padding something somewhere.\” more…
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