By Tim Redmond
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Maufas didn’t steal money or cheat the public
Let’s get this out of the way immediately, so my dear commenter trolls won’t take my head off and call me a hypocrite: I don’t think Kim-Shree Maufas should have used her school district credit card for personal expenses. It wasn’t illegal, and she quickly reimbursed the district for all those expenses — but it still wasn’t a good idea.
And I fully agree that the daily newspaper in town has every right and responsibility to check the expenses of all public officials and local agencies.
But let’s have a little perspective here: Was this really such a huge scandal that it deserved to be the lead story on the front page of the Sunday Chronicle?
Because the more I look into it, the more I think it’s really not front-page news.