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Public concerns over LHPP and HHS grant spur promise of forensic audit
Summary
Public speakers and commissioners pressed for investigation into distribution of multiple city grants; city staff said a request for letters of interest for a forensic audit will be issued and the audit process could take months.
Public comments and a heated exchange among commissioners on June 9 focused on allegations and questions about distribution and oversight of grant funds involving the Lauderhill Health and Prosperity Partnership (LHPP) and a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) grant.
Several residents in public comment asked whether former comments by a commissioner that LHPP or other groups received city grant funds had been verified. Willie May Cooper asked Commissioner Richard Campbell to cite his sources, saying she had been approached by residents seeking verification and that unverified statements could be slanderous. Varian Harris asked the commission to avoid public statements about LHPP…
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