FEMA still wants its money from Lake Worth?

On-going Litigation with FEMA, Case No 19-cv-81140-SINGHAL.

This must be the same demand from FEMA that has been going on for years. Last week, the commission met out of the sunshine on this serious situation that could cost taxpayers multi-millions that we don't have.

I have written about this through the years where the city took millions of government money that it was not entitled to according to FEMA because of sloppy accounting or even possible fraud (buying personal sfuff at Sam's Club?) according to our outside auditors at the time. The biggest abuses were in the Utility Department. We even had a city manager, Paul Boyer, who was fired.

In 2010, years after the Hurricanes, FEMA sent a letter to the City requesting it pay back $8.1 million. Later, city manager Bornstein said that the claim had been negotiated down to around $4 million.

City Manager Bornstein lamented and blamed FEMA. At that time, it was documented that the city was unable to prove their claims because of faulty record keeping and/or unable to produce records and receipts.

So, a certified court reporter was present at this meeting to ensure that the session was fully transcribed. Transcript will be made public upon the conclusion of the above-cited, ongoing litigation.

Read about what we owed I have to wonder what the legal bills have been for just this one case.