This week the town of Corning saw two resignations, one guilty felony plea and two emergency appointments to keep the town running.

Republican Town Supervisor Jenniffer Mullen resigned Monday night in an email to the board.

Deputy Town Supervisor Stuart Sammis resigned Tuesday afternoon in an email to the town board, just minutes after Mullen pleaded guilty in Steuben County court.

Mullen—who also goes by the name Jenniffer Tuttle—pleaded guilty to a felony charge of offering a false instrument for filing in the first degree. She was arrested last June.

Town Clerk Kathleen Morrow-Olmstead, a Democrat, was the person who found Mullen’s letter from the Department of Labor claiming unemployment that triggered the investigation and ultimately led to her arrest and conviction.

Morrow-Olmstead said she made the right decision.

“This is a blessing in disguise for us,” said Morrow-Olmstead. “I consider what's happening to her- she brought on herself. We didn't make her file those papers. I found the papers in the mail, and I turned them over where I thought they had to be, and I still feel okay about that.”

The three remaining town board members, Republican Mike Brenning and Democrats Lauren Gaige and Linda Schock, called for an emergency meeting Tuesday to make sure the town was protected and to prevent any disruption to day-to-day operations.

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The lack of details leaves me with more questions than answers.