From records we have been able to obtain, Tunica County is
spending on average over $10,000 per month for housing administrative
cost. Not on housing, but on
administration. It is not clear from the
records, how much, if ANY, is being spent on actually improving housing in
Tunica County. Preliminarily, it seems
as though maybe $25,000 - $50,000 has been spent on actually trying to improve
housing in the last couple of months.
An audit of this program by the County Administrator might
be able to shed some light on the housing program and its effectiveness. We understand the Attorney General previously
issued an opinion that the structure the County implemented was not legal. We understand the structure has changed but has
anything else? Of course, the County
Administrator was hired by the Board of Supervisors as he is a licensed CPA – a
forensic auditor even. If the County can’t get its own audit done
from over a year ago, we are not sure we would think the County Administrator
can get a housing audit done.
Whose houses are being worked on? Who are the contractors? How are they being paid? Certainly the folks administering the program are benefitting - but is anyone else? We can’t afford inefficient programs! Tunica’s citizens deserve better!
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