STOCKTON, Calif. ?? KCRA.com
There are more financial concerns for Stockton after the city attorney found that the mayor and two council members have mistakenly received thousands of dollars in illegal benefits.
Councilman Dale Fritchen received $12,189, Councilman Elbert Holman received $12,189 and Mayor Ann Johnston received $45,405.
?I was shocked when I found this out. When I was elected, I came on as an employee and when they gave me my benefit package I had no idea there was anything inappropriate,? said Stockton Mayor Ann Johnston.
The mistake was discovered when Fritchen started reading Stockton?s city charter. It says council members are not eligible for retirement or death benefits.
?I was very embarrassed. I teach my children that if you are given the wrong change, you return it. The same goes here,? Fritchen said.
Fritchen added that the mistake has taken place over the last 21 years.
"This council found it and this council will stop it," said Fritchen.
"I am so angry that there is another situation that we have to fix, but we will come up with a solution," Johnston said.
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