The Baton Rouge Metro Council led by Mayor Pro-Tem Mike Walker, shown here, melted down last night over a dispute over how to spend the remaining money of discretionary funds the Council took control of from Mayor Kip Holden for 2012. After blowing through most of the funding in only four months, the Council is now looking to the administration to find additional funds. Councilman Smokey Bourgeois said he regretted that the council spent the previous $607,850 from the discretionary account so quickly. “The year is far from over and we should be a little more prudent at least with the rest of the money,” he said. “I have regrets about what we did in the past. Dropping $600,000 in that amount of time is kind of amazing.”
Written on Thursday, 10 May 2012
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