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Oneida County District Attorney Todd Carville was on the radio Friday morning giving an explanation on the cases involving former Utica Mayor and School Board President Lou Lapolla, and former Utica School Superintendent Bruce Karam.

State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli, Oneida County District Attorney Scott McNamara, and the New York State Police today announced the arrest of the long-time superintendent of the Utica City School District (UCSD) Bruce Karam, and the former Utica Mayor and UCSD School Board President Louis LaPolla for allegedly using taxpayer funds to pay for political campaigns and a non-school related fundraiser.

The Utica City School District Superintendent, Bruce Karam, along with former Board President and former Utica Mayor Lou Lapolla were arrested on Tuesday, according to the DA's office.

Here are some simple questions that the public deserves answers to before giving to the Lou Lapolla "Roast and Toast."

A longtime member of the Utica School Board and its current president says suggestions of wrongdoing being made against him by a candidate for the school board are false.

During a Utica School Board meeting late last year, board leadership admitted that a local businessman was aggravating the district with his consistent emails and Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests. Now, the businessman, Howard Potter, is asking why it took so long for the district to respond to him, and why he was overcharged for the documents he requested.

There's a battle underway between a Utica business owner and the Utica City School District. Who is in the right, and who is in the wrong, or is it somewhere in between?