One of 9,300 properties for sale through the LRA. State auditor Susan Montee scolded two city agencies in financial audits released yesterday. The audit of the city's Community Development Agency (CDA), responsible for administering federal housing funds and managing vacant properties, cited the department for failing to advertise proposals or document the selection process for $4.3 million in funds for housing projects in north St. Louis. According to the audit:The projects funded by this progr
10:25: Hello everybody! Have a seat10:26: It's good to be out of Washington and back in the Midwest! Yes. I love you, too!10:27: Obama gives shouts out to Senator Claire McCaskill, Governor Jay Nixon, Secretary of State Robin Carnahan, State Auditor Susan Montee, and everyone at Fox High School. Thanks Warriors for the b-ball jersey. "I will wear with pride." 10:29: Did Obama just say Missou-rah not Missouri? 10:30: Yes, he did. Good gawd!10:31: My campaign was rooted in towns just like this on
flickr.com/photos/eurleifAha! Found ya'! I've been on Missouri Auditor Susan Montee's e-mail distribution for a few months now. Nothing against Montee, but generally speaking her financial inspections of various municipalities and government agencies are pretty hum-drum. For example, Montee's staff will discover that an organization failed to properly add its balance sheets and admonish them to do better next time. But a finding in yesterday's release of an audit of the state's Office of A
flickr.com/photos/lolololoriState Auditor Susan Montee's review of the St. Louis Street Department has led to the arrest of a former city accountant, according to a story posted moments ago on stltoday.com.In Montee's audit released today, the state's review board found at least $1,210 in permit fee collections not accounted for missing from the street department. The audit also discovered at least $1,380 in towing and
storage fee monies that could not be accounted for and appeared to be
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Crystal City Mayor Tom SchillyThe residents of Crystal City opposed to an iron-ore smelter in their community had one of their wishes come true last week. State Auditor Susan Montee finally released her audit of City Hall. The group Concerned Citizens for Crystal City (C4) organized a petition drive last year requiring the auditor to investigate the way the city conducts its business. The audit found number of problems in the way the city solicits bids and purchases g
www.im4mokwa.comJoe MokwaState Auditor Susan Montee released this morning the findings of a much-anticipated financial review of the St. Louis Board of Police Commissioners. The audit is the first look into the finances of the board since former police chief Joe Mokwa stepped down last year in the wake of a scandal involving the department's towing contract with a third-party company. As expected, the audit found that S and H Towing underpaid the police department $453,000 in fees for its con
northeastfiredistrict.orgFire District Chairman, Robert EdwardsLast night Missouri State Auditor Susan Montee held a news conference to release her findings on the Northeast Ambulance and Fire Protection District. Unfortunately for Montee -- and taxpayers in the district -- the audit is less than comprehensive. That's because the corrupt questionable officials with the fire district refused to hand over key financial documents to the state. Following is Montee's initial report on the fire dis
One supporter of Jeff Smith compared him to a Kennedy.Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, Build-A-Bear CEO Maxine Clark and an ex-girlfriend are among the hundreds of people who wrote to a federal judge asking for leniency in the sentencing for former state senator Jeff Smith. The letters, along with some penned for former state representative Steve Brown, had been closed to the public but were unsealed in federal court late last week.Smith had spent his two-plus months prior to sentencing lobbying hi
On the positive side, Rep. Davis' new bill would guarantee they'll never be another politician just like her.We here at Daily RFT love state Rep. Cynthia Davis (R - O'Fallon). Why? 'Cause she provides great copy. First time was back in June when Davis made headlines for a newsletter to her constituents in which she claimed that "hunger can be a powerful motivator" and suggested the state do away with a summer program to feed low-income children. "What is wrong with the idea of getting a job s
Mayor Schilly, meet Elliot Davis.For the past two-and-half years a group Crystal City residents have been waging an all-out war with City Hall over a controversial plan to build an iron-ore smelter in the Jefferson County town. The group Concerned Citizens for Crystal City (a.k.a. C4) is dead set against the smelter and the city's cozy relationship with the developer, Jim Kennedy, and his Wings Enterprises. In January 2008 Riverfront Times' published an in-depth feature on the brouhaha. Then
