California is the only state in the country that has refused to reveal public spending records to a government watchdog, prompting threats of legal action.
OpenTheBooks.com, a nonprofit dedicated to government transparency, said the Golden State is the lone holdout since it began sending public record inquiries to state governments in 2013. Governments in 49 states have complied with requests for itemized accounts of taxpayer funds sent to vendors and public sector employees. California's state government, however, has so far failed to provide the details of the 49 million individual payments it makes each year using taxpayer dollars, saying it is unable to track and document its activities.
"Their excuse is that they can't locate the records—that their system doesn't allow the controller after she makes the payment to track the payment," OpenTheBooks.com founder Adam Andrzejewski told the Washington Free Beacon. "We are preparing to sue the State of California and force them to open their books."
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5 comments:
Read somewhere the California economy ranks #11 in the world, ranked against other nations. That's big money for no accountability.
Calif. is run buy crooked Democrats.
And Gavin Newsome insists on continuing construction on the High-speed Train to Nowhere. You have to wonder how many friends are getting filthy rich from that.
Are they really saying that once the check is cut, there's no way to see who was paid??
Man! What a gold mine THAT is.....
And these people are allowed to run a government??
Keep cheering.
but they want to see Trump's
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