Here’s some more corruption reporting at the Las Vegas Sun.
Clark County is holding back federal funds from the Urban League because a recent review of the non-profit’s books found double billing, problems with receipts, and lack of evidence that the group was actually helping people (a stipulation of the $67,000 grant that was supposed to help people who couldn’t pay rent and/or utilities).
The county found that the Urban League paid only part of what clients owed on their bills and then asked those folks to pay back 60 percent – and billed the county for the same cases.
If the money is cut off, it will be the third time in the past four months that a local government entity has taken back federal dollars from the Urban League (see the Sun piece for more details).
A county rep said the problems with the program are serious, adding there are “concerns about whether the organization can manage the money.”
Ya’ think?
