Bogalusa audit, continued

Another article in The Daily News about the city audit.

Accusaions are being flung - "It's just political!"

Well duh. Of course it's political. We want to know the facts before the election, and we deserve to.

It's difficult for me to imagine the Mayor being able to redeem himself with the completion of the audit. Will it somehow magically show that he didn't award illegal cost-plus contracts? Or that he did not try to get the city council to pass resolutions allowing contracts after the fact?

According to the latest in the News:

In early June, the council asked for a four-month extension of the audit deadline, which would push both responses back until after the municipal election.

Since then, Seal said he has uncovered additional findings, which may or may not prove to be problems. No additional information was given.

This is a bit alarming, wouldn't you say?

The article claims that one of the reasons the audit is taking so long is because they're awaiting paperwork from FEMA. Why? Either money came in, or it didn't; was spent, or not. Did some dufus at City Hall lose receipts and bank statements?

With the four-month extension, it may not be finished before the September election. Coincidence? Or something more sinister?

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