Damning Public Works Audit

Staying with the topic of Mayor Pothole, isn't it interesting that reports like this conveniently come out after the mayor has been safely re-elected, running against two candidates (Chris Bell and Orlando Sanchez) who blasted him on his mismanagement of public works?

The first two paragraphs are my favorites:

The city's Department of Public Works and Engineering has purchased $26 million worth of asphalt since 1995, but cannot say for sure whether it got what it paid for, according to a city controller's audit.

The auditor's draft report said Public Works employees did not verify the amount and quality of the asphalt delivered for at least a two-year period that ended July 1, 2001.

I'm really not exaggerating when I write about Mayor Pothole's mismanagement of this city.

[Posted at 21:58 CST on 02/21/02] [Link]