Crime & Safety
Former Chief Suing Novato Fire District for Defamation and Fraud
Former Novato Fire District Chief Marc Revere says he did not misuse district funds or spend money without authorization.
Members of the Novato Fire District Board of Directors lied in statements to the Marin Independent Journal and went back on their word to former fire chief Marc Revere, a lawsuit filed Wednesday says.
Revere is suing the fire district, alleging defamation and fraud, the IJ reported Friday.
The lawsuit says the fire district's board told Revere he could either retire or be fired, and members of the board later told that newspaper it was because the then-fire chief had misused a district credit card and approved work the board hadn't OK'd.
Those statements to the newspaper were false, the lawsuit says.
Revere's lawsuit, which the IJ says seeks unspecified damages, also says the fire district board told Revere it would forgive a loan the district made to Revere to help him buy a home in Novato if he retired. Revere owed more on the home than it was worth at the time the promise was made, Revere's lawyer told the IJ.
The board failed to follow through on its promise after Revere's retirement, according to the lawsuit.
The fire district board is scheduled to meet on Wednesday, and will hear financial reports on the fiscal year that ended on June 30, as well as discuss purchasing 25 iPads.
Read more on the lawsuit at the Marin Independent Journal's website.
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