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Poor Ron Quillin. Don't you know he feels like a complete fool, which, of course, he was? Was he too young to have heard about Steve Clark and other public figures who made the fatal error of trying to live high on the hog off the public till? Or did he simply think that unlike all the others, he would get away with it? And his disgraced family. Mercy be unto the humiliated family. All of that said, none of us should ever be so smug as not to consider that next week we could be reading about our son, daughter, nephew, uncle, brother, or sister getting into a life-altering mess like this.

AMEN, Durangokid. My kidllets are now 35 and 31. They think they have the world by its tail. I pray harder now than I did when they were teens.

Aborting a bit, did Steve Clark ever get his law license restored?

And how is Quinlin or any other prisoner expected to make payments once they are released from prison? Finding employment is near on impossible for an ex-con other than night guard, frying burgers, or maybe doing landscape at minimum wage.

Well, eLwood, he could always go back to beaver trappin'.
Just incidently, the difficulty of finding work when you get out of the pen often depends on a network of family and friends who will vouch for you -- however dumb you and I think they are. Seems Quillen might have that network, if, as I think I read, that his wife's family(!) ponied up $40,000+ before he was hauled off to the pokey. Now me -- I'd say write the bum off and use the $40,000 to support wife and family while they get on their feet.
And if you think the family's dumb, as I do, how about the twit who might hire him again in a similar position?
There's a certain jailbird bookkeeper, a convicted embezzeler of much bigger bucks than is involved here and who served months instead of years, who's back out there in her preferred line of work. If I were to give her employer a little advice, I'd say calculate the cost of that new house, a lot of redecorating and a new car every year, on top of the restitution payment she has to make every month.
But then I've been known to be a bit suspicious.

I have hesitated about posting because I know absolutely nothing about the parties involved or any facts. But one thing keeps floating through my mind; there is no fool like an old fool. It seems that Mr. Quinllin became infatuated by a female that paid him some attention. She is off scot free; he is not. Old fools, take note.

eLwood, Why did you change your name? What does the little e stand for?

His family is not at all dumb.
what is your family for if they dont help you out when you make a mistake and have no where to turn?..
yea, his mistake was a big one, but you cant just leave someone you care about hanging with nothing. When you love someone, and you take those vows, you know, for better OR FOR WORSE.. in this case it would be worse.. you are supposed to keep them. I say his wife is very loyal for keeping those vows.
His family is not DISGRACED by him either. Upset with, im sure. But not Disgraced.. He made a mistake. Everyone makes mistakes that while change their lives forever.
what would you do if this was your child or you spouse? Leave them? Shows your commitment and loyalty to your family & "loved" ones..

The man stole money from the taxpayers of Pulaski County. And, he did this, as a married man, to finance an affair with a married woman. Does anyone else find it odd that he was having an affair with someone in which his employer was doing business? I read in the Dem-Gaz that this company was paid in excess of $1 million. I wonder how much of that money he received as a kick-back? I'm really surprised he got off as easy as he did. As for the wife, surely she had to know that something was going on all along. If she didn't leave him several years ago, why now? At least she knows where he is and what he will be doing the next eight years or until he gets out of prison!! But, had she left him before all this, she could have cleaned-up in a divorce settlement instead of selling it all to pay the County back.

She didnt know anything about it. Shes not that kind of person at all. If she had known he would have had to stop or she would have left him when it first started. She knew nothing about it until he was arrested. I mean he wasnt spending the money on her, what makes you think she HAD to have known?..
She didnt know any of this was going on so what reason did she have to leave him, that she knew of, until now??..
Im sure she would have had to sell either way, she couldnt afford the home on her own. but that is her business..
Anyways, im not defending him in anyway. He did do something very wrong and deserves the punishment he has recieved. I just think the comments about his family & wife were wrong. They are doing what they can and believe is right. Thats their decision. And I respect them for that.

Read the text from Case No. CV 07-7484. All the trips, all the text messages, $900 suits, etc. How can he have such a relationship with "Jane Doe", and the wife not be suspicious? Don't get me wrong, I totally feel for her and her family. And, yes, they are loyal, but loyalty often comes with a price. I just hope it's worth it for them in the end. I really do. They shouldn't have to pay for what he did.

thank you Onesandzeros for your absolute understanding of our situation. I am Ron's mother-in-law and I want you to know that you have accessed our situation perfectly. Our daughter loves her husband and wanted to keep her vows, she now, as you understand, is getting some of the worst that she vowed on their wedding day to accept, along with the better, of which there has also been much. We wanted to stand by a member of our family who is in need of support because he made some stupid choices, of which he is very ashamed and sorry for. Believe me, the consequences of his actions have not been few for him or our daughter. We are not ashamed because we or our daughter did nothing wrong. Even stories that have been printed have not been totally accurate and stressed the sensationalism in order to feed peoples' desire for gossip and dirty laundry. Thank you again for your understanding. Folks who don't see our point of view need to get over it. Much worse has been done and your money has been repaid. by the way, no program or project was jeopardized or delayed by Rons' actions.

This is susan again. I made a mistake, my remarks of gratitude were meant for konnor43 not onesandzeros. sorry, I'm new at this. one of my childred alerted me to these remarks and I just had to reply. Rons' mother-in-law

This is susan again. I made a mistake, my remarks of gratitude were meant for konnor43 not onesandzeros. sorry, I'm new at this. one of my childred alerted me to these remarks and I just had to reply. Rons' mother-in-law