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City Auditor's Office

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2011

    It's Getting Expensive As City, Whistleblowing Auditor Wrangle Over Retaliation Claims

    ​Of the myriad lawsuits involving the city, Doug Moore v. City of Dallas et al is among the most expensive -- and getting a little more pricey all the time. This case, for those not keeping score at home, has already cost the city $2.5 million, paid to the state and the feds in June over allegatio ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 20, 2010

    City Auditor: Dallas PD Wasted More than $1 Million Having Officers Hang Out at Muni Court

    ​The City Auditor's Office this morning released its look-see at the amount of overtime paid to Dallas Police Department officers waiting around to testify at municipal court. DPD's got a general order that says: Off-duty officers can either hang around court waiting for trial and be guaranteed tw ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Greg Davis, WRR's Longtime General Manager, Has Left the Building

    Greg Davis​Word's been circulating throughout the local radio community today that Greg Davis, who has been general manager at WRR-FM (101.1) since 1993, has been fired. That's not true, according to WRR employees to whom I spoke today. Instead, they say, he is retiring effective May 6. He announc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 5, 2009

    Haunted House, or: The Dead Occasionally Qualify for Property Tax Exemptions

    Flickr photo: numberstumper​Here's the latest report from Craig Kinton's office: Audit Report on Inappropriate Tax Exemptions and Delinquent Property Taxes, which the mayor and the Dallas City Council were given on Friday. But the short version: The City Auditor's Office went through the Dallas Ce ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 8, 2009

    A Deeper Look at What Dallas Might Have to Do Without in the Coming Fiscal Year

    Taking an early glance at the 72-page budget briefing that the city council's Quality of Life Committee will thumb through today, we glean these few randomly highlighted cuts presented in no particular order of importance. Keep in mind, of course, that till City Manager Mary Suhm submits her final b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2008

    City Auditor: Some Dallas Businesses Sending Sales Tax Out of Town

    Taking an early glance at the 72-page budget briefing that the city council's Quality of Life Committee will thumb through today, we glean these few randomly highlighted cuts presented in no particular order of importance. Keep in mind, of course, that till City Manager Mary Suhm submits her final b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2008

    City Auditor to WRR: You Win.

    Taking an early glance at the 72-page budget briefing that the city council's Quality of Life Committee will thumb through today, we glean these few randomly highlighted cuts presented in no particular order of importance. Keep in mind, of course, that till City Manager Mary Suhm submits her final b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 25, 2008

    It Only Took Seven Years to Find Out Convention Center Bought Bum Software

    Taking an early glance at the 72-page budget briefing that the city council's Quality of Life Committee will thumb through today, we glean these few randomly highlighted cuts presented in no particular order of importance. Keep in mind, of course, that till City Manager Mary Suhm submits her final b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 18, 2008

    T. Boone Now Owns Your Trash's Gas

    Taking an early glance at the 72-page budget briefing that the city council's Quality of Life Committee will thumb through today, we glean these few randomly highlighted cuts presented in no particular order of importance. Keep in mind, of course, that till City Manager Mary Suhm submits her final b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2008

    They're Not Free Tickets. Live Nation's Just Paying Back the City, Silly.

    Taking an early glance at the 72-page budget briefing that the city council's Quality of Life Committee will thumb through today, we glean these few randomly highlighted cuts presented in no particular order of importance. Keep in mind, of course, that till City Manager Mary Suhm submits her final b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2008

    Starplex, Smirnoff, Superpages -- Whatever the Name, It's Still Late on $800,000 in Rent Payments to City

    Taking an early glance at the 72-page budget briefing that the city council's Quality of Life Committee will thumb through today, we glean these few randomly highlighted cuts presented in no particular order of importance. Keep in mind, of course, that till City Manager Mary Suhm submits her final b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 4, 2006

    Those City Credit Cards Are a Bit of a Gamble

    Taking an early glance at the 72-page budget briefing that the city council's Quality of Life Committee will thumb through today, we glean these few randomly highlighted cuts presented in no particular order of importance. Keep in mind, of course, that till City Manager Mary Suhm submits her final b ... More >>

  • News

    November 4, 1999

    The untouchables

    A whistleblower learns the hard way that you don't rat on your betters at Dallas City Hall

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