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Last Edited: Tuesday, 30 Sep 2008, 2:22 PM CDT

 

Created: Tuesday, 30 Sep 2008, 12:44 PM CDT

 

 

(KTVI - myFOXstl.com)  -- 

 

ST. LOUIS (AP) -- The president of St. Louis' Board of Aldermen drives a $25,000 city-purchased sedan with such luxury options as a heated leather steering wheel and seats.

 

And he uses the city-owned vehicle for personal use.

 

Those are among the claims made by State Auditor Susan Montee in reports released Tuesday on four areas of city government. She says additional reports will come later from the ongoing audit.

 

A citizens group requested the audit.

 

Montee's office also found that some city departments may be making what they term emergency purchases to buy such things as a sno-cone machine, fleece blankets and magnetic baseball schedules.

 

I am sure that this audit is going to uncover more wasteful spending.  How difficult is it for the city to realize that they are using taxpayers money.  If this was a corporation, I would not care, that is their money, this is a city, which gets a majority of its money from the taxpayers.  I think that the employees who have abused this should be fired.  What a disgrace.