Pearlina Thomas said she was fired after giving interviews to ethics investigators and seeking an ethics opinion on a contract Hutson authorized for her former campaign communications director.
In interviews by IG investigators, members of the sheriff’s staff who were offered rooms told the top brass up front that they didn’t think the rooms were necessary.
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Former CFO David Trautenberg claims Sheriff Hutson fired him when he objected to the use of the hotel rooms for about a dozen employees during Mardi Gras.
Why would a Vermilion Parish-based dog training company want to pay $18,000 for hotel rooms used by Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office deputies during Mardi Gras?