Club Circle?

This is a throw away account, I am not sure how many questions can be answered or if I’ll be able to respond at all.

On 10/20/2026 the mayor sent out an email to all city employees that stated "We are cooperating fully with the investigators and taking every available step to recover the funds and bring the responsible party to justice." However they have yet to punish the internal negligent party responsible for approving the initiation of these transfers.

As of today they have fired one lower level employee and suspended two more, while I don’t have the full range of information on why they were fired and suspended I do fully believe they are being used as scapegoats for the Executed Director that actually made the call to initiate the transfer of funds. The three lower level employees were simply the people that moved the money under orders.

For those of you wondering where the money that got taken from the city came from, it is the Real Estate Asset Management Department. The individual in charge of the department that gave the orders to transfer the money is Carleen Stout-Clark. If you were curious about the timeline, this occurred a few weeks ago and they stalled the release of information.

For those that are curious as to if she is facing any disciplinary action for this, the answer is no. She is being allowed to get away with this negligence, like she has time and time again. Whether it was an accident or not, she needs to be held accountable for her actions. Unfortunately, this will not happen due to her wealth and status. She gained her position through her relationships with the higher-ups in the city. She forced the resignation of two previous directors of Real Estate Asset Management and the Architectural Engineering Department so that she can gain the total control she wants.

She has also been slowly firing and forcing resignations of several Architects and Project Managers in the Architectural Engineering Department and instead of hiring new project managers, she has hired Volkert to bring in 2 of their project managers for a total cost of ~$33,000.00 a month. 

So, if you're wondering where all your tax dollars are going, that's it. It is going to the destruction of the careers of civil servants. Soon your public facilities will fall into disrepair because she allowed the transfer of 15 million and is consistently paying an outside organization to 33K a month, among many other issues.

Do veterinarians or shelters still do this? I'm cleaning out my mother's house and has tons of these things. Any suggestions?

I bought my first home here 2 years ago & the land directly next to me is abandoned. I’ve never seen anyone on it, & it’s a vacant .5 acre lot that is super overgrown with lots of brush from years of neglect. Today I was outside in my yard & it occurred to me to find out more info on it, & after some digging I found it has about 20 years of back taxes owed, totaling way more than what the property is worth. I also found the obituary of the last recorded owner. This led me down another rabbit hole to see if it would be possible to acquire the land for myself, & I came across the city’s Neighborhood Renewal Program but can’t find anything about it other than the application. I would love to hear if anyone has used this program, if it was worth their time, & any advice on how bids work for this sort of thing. It says that the program “steeply discounts” the price, but idk if that means it will cost us $100 or 10k haha. I just feel like it would be cool to double the size of my yard & increase my property value for cheap!