Kentucky: Blue Grass Airport

Urban County Council members are interested in creating an oath that city board and commission members must sign when they agree to serve.

The purpose of the oath would be to remind the board and commission members of their responsibilities and duties, said Councilman Julian Beard, who suggested the idea in response to the expense scandal at Blue Grass Airport. “It’s not a magic bullet by any means. It’s a step. It sensitizes the various and sundry directors to their responsibilities and duties. I can’t see how that can harm anything at all.”

A lack of adequate controls and lax monitoring of expenses by airport board members created an environment in which there was “little risk of detection” for improper spending of more than $500,000 in three years, state auditor Crit Luallen said in an audit released two weeks ago.

We’ve been digging through the Blue Grass Airport audit conducted by Crit Luallen’s office the past couple days. Here’s what’s on our mind…

How much did the Blue Grass Airport swindlers spend at Liquor Barn during the last three years?
$10,258.89
Amazon.com?
$4,966.58
Godiva?
$6,092.53
Horseback riding?
$1,499.51
Lunch, dinner, coffee, pizza and random meals?
$126,646.51

After poring through this audit, we have the sneaking [...]

Beyond the Blue Grass Airport nightmare, this is why Lexington cannot have nice things:
Dear Mayor Newberry, Mr. Webb, and that other Mr. Webb:
Two weeks ago, we sent you a brief letter asking a few very simple questions about CentrePointe.
Like: Because financial markets from New York to Dubai have crumbled and CentrePointe will cost over $200 [...]