Thursday, March 30, 2000
President of mental retardation board quits
BY CINDI ANDREWS
The Cincinnati Enquirer
LEBANON — The president of Warren County's embattled mental retardation board has resigned.
“Due to my work and school schedule I feel that someone with more time and a professional background may better serve the board,” Darrell Hunt, a member for seven years, said in a letter to the county commissioners.
Another board member, Lillian Bevins, told The Cincinnati Enquirer last week she also intends to resign.
Public anger persists
Mr. Hunt's announcement is good for the Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities agency, Commissioner Larry Crisenbery said Wednesday.
Public outrage has persisted since it was discovered in February that MRDD Superintendent Charlotte Marinacci bought two homes for the agency at prices tens of thousands of dollars above market value.
More to come?
Mrs. Marinacci resigned a month ago amid continuing complaints about agency operations.
“Personally, I think the whole board's going to have to resign to get back the public confidence,” Mr. Crisenbery said.
“That's all we hear” from county residents. “But we gave them 30 days, so we'll wait and see.”
Commissioner Mike Kil burn, who is away from work after falling from a horse this month, also has said the board should resign.
In a joint meeting between the commissioners and the MRDD board in mid-March, Commissioner Pat South asked board members to take 30 days to weigh whether their resignations might be best for the agency, and said the commissioners would have to weigh whether to remove the five board members they appoint.
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