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Residents Press Board for Details on RICO Spending as Supervisors Approve County Attorney Items
Summary
Public speakers pressed the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors for a detailed accounting of RICO-related and litigation expenditures; the board unanimously approved items 116–121 after staff said legal analysis occurred in executive session.
At a Maricopa County Board of Supervisors meeting, multiple residents asked the board for itemized details on RICO-related and litigation expenditures, saying the agenda showed only lump-sum totals. The board then voted unanimously to approve county attorney items 116 through 121, which include RICO- and litigation-related funding allocations.
The request for detail came during public comment. Citizen Leslie Shepherd said the packets showed “millions of dollars” with “no breakdown,” noting the first item listed roughly “3,000,000.” She asked how the county would “detail this so that we understand how this Rico is being distributed.”
Andrea Cummings, with the…
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