And that’s not all – Sayre has a say on EDA angles, seeks apology

Greg Drescher, above, and Tom Sayre were not on the same wavelength during the Aug. 2 WC Board of Supervisors meeting. Royal Examiner Photos/Roger Bianchini

At the April 2, 2019, Warren County Board of Supervisors meeting Shenandoah Supervisor Tom Sayre, who is engaged in dueling defamation lawsuits with Jennifer McDonald, raised the specter of potential conflicts of interest impacting the initial town police criminal investigation of the May 18, 2017 EDA office break in; and the county sheriff’s office exploration of alleged incidents at McDonald’s home in June of that year.

Sayre cited McDonald’s complaints that the FRPD investigation of the EDA office break in, a break in with no signs of forced entry, were turning toward her as a suspect. Sayre also questioned what he said was a resultant decision at the commonwealth’s attorney’s office to keep the investigation on inactive status, where it had been put at the request of then EDA Chairman Greg Drescher in favor of an investigation by Private Investigator Ken Pullen. Pullen was initially contracted by the EDA regarding the office break in, but his work was soon handed over to a private contract with McDonald related to the alleged ongoing incidents at her home.

The private investigator’s record of his work on both cases has been an evidentiary issue in Sayre’s defamation lawsuit against McDonald. See Related Story:

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Sayre also pointed to the personal relationship between then-acting FRPD Chief Bruce Hite and Warren County Sheriff Daniel McEathron, the latter who has been cited in EDA civil litigation due to his real estate business ties to McDonald – Hite is the sheriff’s brother in law.

Sayre wondered at what he said was a failure by FRPD to convey some information related to the McDonald home incident of June 15, 2017, to the commonwealth’s attorney’s office.

Sayre also asked Drescher, present as public schools superintendent to deliver a monthly update on activities and achievements in the public school system, if Drescher thought he owed him an apology regarding earlier EDA inquiries.

See the exciting conclusion of that exchange and the above-referenced comments in this Royal Examiner video:

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