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Palmdale residents press council for transparency over AV Edge payments and call for Measure PD review
Summary
Public commenters accused the city of insufficient oversight of $300,000 in payments to AV Edge and questioned a $10 million Palmdale contribution to a Lancaster project; council members agreed to bring further consideration of Measure PD back for study and possible ballot action.
Sandy Carpenter and a string of Palmdale residents used the public‑comment period at the May 5 Palmdale City Council meeting to demand detailed accounting of city payments to AV Edge, a regional economic‑development nonprofit, and to press the council over recent local sales‑tax changes.
Carpenter said community records indicate nearly $300,000 in taxpayer funds went to AV Edge and asked plainly, "Where are the verified jobs created in Palmdale? Where are the businesses brought into the city? Where is the proof…
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