Rob Ford takes aim at city-issued credit cards
This story seemed to get very little traction in the media back in January. Sure, abuses found by the Auditor General's report were only minor amongst expenses of $8.5 million. It's not quite a "billion dollar boondoggle" that gets reporters salivating.
The problem is that abuses could creep up given that little to no oversight seems to have been provided since the report. In fact, Council voted to allow City workers to continue using the cards even though there is no list of cardholders nor any major review of purchases being carried out! What was the logic behind voting against oversight?
Workers knowing that there's no one really watching what they purchase might be inclined to abuse the system. In a multi-billion dollar budget, thousands or even millions of dollars wasted may seem like peanuts. But even peanuts can make a mound if they add up.
Voted against oversight of the PCard: Ainslie, Ashton, Augimeri, Carroll, Cho, Davis, Del Grande, Di Giorgio, Hall, Heaps, Holyday, Jenkins, Kelly, Lee, Lindsay Luby, McConnell, Milczyn, Minnan-Wong, Moscoe, Palacio, Pantalone, Parker, Perks, Perruzza, Saundercook, Shiner, Stintz, Thompson, Vaughan,
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