Senate OKs Tighter Accounting for Cities
The state Senate voted to tighten accounting practices for Idaho cities, citing a New York night on the town and other questionable spending by the former Boise mayor.
The Assn. of Idaho Cities, which backed the legislation, said the state’s other 199 cities have procedures that would have spotted and refused to pay suspect expenses hounding ousted Boise Mayor Brent Coles.
Coles resigned Friday after being charged with a misdemeanor for illegally accepting a trip to the Salt Lake City Olympics. He also came under fire last fall for a side trip he and an aide took to New York City while at a conference in Buffalo, N.Y.
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