Pembroke Park has reigned in questionable spending, months after a government watchdog's critical report that the town allowed its elected officials to use town credit cards "without proper controls and oversight."
The purchases on the town’s credit card include $81 on Amazon for a Bluetooth loudspeaker, almost $100 at a Hollywood waterfront restaurant to test the menu in advance of a Christmas party and nearly $1,900 on a United Airlines flight to Nevada for a mayor’s conference. But rather than pointing at the town commissioner who racked up the purchases, Broward’s Inspector General, the county .
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Broward County’s chief watchdog closed its inquiry into credit card purchases made by a Pembroke Park town commissioner without alleging any wrongdoing, saying she couldn’t substantiate any policy violations because such policies barely existed in the first place.
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