Richland council members take step to giving up county credit cards following scandal
Richland council members take step to giving up county credit cards following scandal Mar. 1—Richland County Council members may be ready to cut up their public credit cards. On Feb. 23, a council committee approved a measure that would take take away taxpayer funded purchase cards from appointed and elected officials. That includes council members. This week, the full council will consider the measure and could finalize that proposal. So called "p-cards" are at the center of a scandal that led to criminal charges against a now-former council member and her removal from office. In December,...