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City Employee Used City Car for Trip to Snoqualmie Casino
Lolita Simonyan, an employee at the city's Human Services Department, has acknowledged driving a city-owned car to the Snoqualmie Casino in June, where she redeemed a "Wednesday coupon" around 1:30 in the afternoon after wrapping up an official appointment in Greenwood.
An attentive driver noticed Simonyan driving in a city of Seattle motor pool car along I-90 "at a high rate of speed" and followed her to the casino parking lot, where the driver snapped a photo of her getting out of the city car and going in to the casino.
According to a memo by city ethics and elections commission director Wayne Barnett, "There is evidence that, while at the casino, Simonyan redeemed a 'Wednesday coupon' at 1:24 p.m. The coupon would have expired at 1:30."
Simonyan has agreed to pay the city a $365 fine for misusing city property.
HSD spokesman Gary Ireland told PubliCola, "The department is aware of this matter. The Department policy is not to comment on employee disciplinary matter."
An attentive driver noticed Simonyan driving in a city of Seattle motor pool car along I-90 "at a high rate of speed" and followed her to the casino parking lot, where the driver snapped a photo of her getting out of the city car and going in to the casino.
According to a memo by city ethics and elections commission director Wayne Barnett, "There is evidence that, while at the casino, Simonyan redeemed a 'Wednesday coupon' at 1:24 p.m. The coupon would have expired at 1:30."
Simonyan has agreed to pay the city a $365 fine for misusing city property.
HSD spokesman Gary Ireland told PubliCola, "The department is aware of this matter. The Department policy is not to comment on employee disciplinary matter."
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