Ruth coleman

• SACRAMENTO -- The director of Californias state parks system resigned Friday after officials discovered that her department had $54 million in unspent money in its accounts that it had not reported to the state finance department.
(San Jose Mercury News)
• Gov. Jerry Brown accepted the resignation of Parks Director Ruth Coleman and ordered the reviews of the parks department management. Coleman said she was unaware of the budget irregularities but accepted responsibility.
(NBCNews.com)
• Former State Parks director Ruth Coleman speaks at the grand opening of the Annenberg Community Beach House at Santa Monica State Beach on April 25, 2009. Coleman resigned her post on Friday July 20, 2012.
(89.3 KPCC)
• Parks director Ruth Coleman submitted her resignation to Gov. Jerry Brown resigned Friday morning.
(KXTV News10Net)
• State Parks Director Ruth Coleman resigned this morning, and her second in command was fired.
(Sacramento Bee)
• The director who resigned, Ruth Coleman, had been in the job since 2002, making her the longest-serving head of the parks system.
(Los Angeles Times)
• From The Bees Matt Weiser: State Parks Director Ruth Coleman resigned this morning and her second in command has been fired after officials learned the department has been sitting on nearly $54 million in surplus money for as long as 12 years.
(Sacramento Bee)
• The story and its ensuing controversy prompted Parks Director Ruth Coleman to resign Friday morning. The news flew in the face of claims parks officials had been making since last year that a $22 million budget shortage would force park closures.
(Half Moon Bay Review)
• Fourteen months ago, 70 of Californias 278 state parks were slated for closure.
(Sacramento Bee)