Not exact matches
State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli said the state needs more
accountability when giving out economic development funds, noting this year's budget again relies heavily on lump sum appropriations that have
little oversight
regarding their allocation.
The group Citizens Union issued a report
regarding $ 3 billion in the state budget, in various pots of money, that they say operate as veritable slush funds for state lawmakers to distribute to projects with
little oversight and
accountability.
With
regard to the school board term limit proposal in Amendment 8, Speaker Corcoran neglects to mention that this is one of the «bundled» amendments that will also establish a state governed charter school authorization board that can circumvent the power of our own locally elected officials in addition to establishing a parallel «public» school system that will not answer to local school boards, which is only another ploy to redirect precious, scant taxpayer dollars to entities that have
little oversight or
accountability.