NYC Council members getting in deeper and deeper

A few weeks ago I picked up on a story in New York that highlighted suspicious budgeting practices by the City Council.  Council members were budgeting dollars for nonprofits, some of them real, others just ghosts, so that they could create a slush fund for some good and some less than good purposes during the budget year.  It was sort of a clever way to budget for the unknown but instead of budgeting for the unknown ('cause what sane public would approve), the council created a nonprofit fund.  Good for everyone except maybe the public -- but that's another story -- no?

Meanwhile, as we dig deeper, we are learning that some of the friends of the council really should not be in the business of ever receiving city funds and likely, were it not for this process, would not.  Check out the latest news in the New York Times.

Comments

[The Arc-Angel Team]

This problem with transparency seems to be a prevelent issue. I subscrbie to the for profit industry driving sustained giving which creates exponential givers to the cause. Great things are happening that way.