I really like that a hard light is being shone on the city of Baltimore. From the Baltimore Sun:
Auditor: Baltimore hasn't kept track of millions in grant money. (Again)
Baltimore’s top elected officials expressed frustration Wednesday that city government agencies have failed — yet again — to properly account for how they spent grant dollars.
A new audit of how the city manages millions of dollars in state and federal grants has come to the same conclusion that previous examinations have: Grant money coming into government coffers is not balancing out with what city agencies are spending.
“The city is not able to establish accurate balances of grant accounts,” city Auditor Audrey Askew told Baltimore’s spending panel Wednesday.
One possible result, Askew said: “The city could lose its much-needed [grant] funding.”
And that’s a lot of money. The city receives nearly $448 million in grants, or about 16 percent of its $2.8 billion budget.
Knew it was bad but did not realize that it was that bad. 16% of their operating budget comes from us normals. The rest of us. The basket of deplorables. We The People.
People who make decisions in Baltimore are not being held accountable. Many of them are not elected and there is no system of checks and balances. Shithole city writ large.
40 years ago, Baltimore was a gorgeous cultured city with an incredible history. Now? No.
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