Given the continuing incompetence of the Herenton Administration with regards to the city's financial problems, why is the majority of the City Council opposed to Carol Chumney's idea that an independent auditor should be brought in to look at the books?
(Full disclosure; many, if not most, of my readers know that I have worked in every Chumney campaign, win or lose, and is a long-time friend as well).
While it's easy to dismiss this as a campaign ploy, the fact remains that it's the right thing to do. The city, which for years could look down its nose at Shelby County regarding budgetary matters, can do so no longer.
And, if in fact, many of these problems occurred when Joseph Lee was CFO of the city, given that he is now in charge of MLGW, isn't this something we as a citizenry should have been told SOONER???
I served with Joseph Lee on the ExecCom, he is as nice and kind a human being as you are likely to find, and I do not enjoy what appears to be happening right now. However, we're beyond that at this point, and we need to find out A) what the hell happened, and B) how we can keep this problem from happening again.
Regardless of whether you like or dislike Carol, an independent audit may be the only way we get the straight news on the city's budget crisis. if you live here, you need to get behind this and call your Councilman ASAP.
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Given the continuing incompetence of the Herenton Administration with regards to the city's financial problems, why is the majority of the City Council opposed to Carol Chumney's idea that an independent auditor should be brought in to look at the books?
Um, because they're incompetent, and an independent audit would only draw attention to that fact?
Seems a plausible explanation to me, anyway.
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