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Pembroke Park has reigned in questionable spending, months after a government watchdog's critical report that the town allowed its elected officials to use town credit cards "without proper controls and oversight."
The purchases on the town’s credit card include $81 on Amazon for a Bluetooth loudspeaker, almost $100 at a Hollywood waterfront restaurant to test the menu in advance of a Christmas party and nearly $1,900 on a United Airlines flight to Nevada for a mayor’s conference. But rather than pointing at the town commissioner who racked up the purchases, Broward’s Inspector General, the county ...
Broward County’s chief watchdog closed its inquiry into credit card purchases made by a Pembroke Park town commissioner without alleging any wrongdoing, saying she couldn’t substantiate any policy violations because such policies barely existed in the first place.
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The Broward County Commission has passed an amendment that expands protections for whistleblowers and creates a new option to report corruption in the county.
Murfreesboro resident Hazel Tarpley had an early 96th birthday celebration with her Mindful Care friends and family at First United Methodist Church last week.