Board of Education Spent $112,569 in One Month on Law Firm Reviewing Credit Card Expenditures - Bethesda Beat

Board of Education Spent $112,569 in One Month on Law Firm Reviewing Credit Card Expenditures - Bethesda Beat

...Why would the board spend more than $128,000 in legal fees for advice on an issue in which they were criticized for improper spending in the first place?
According to Board President Phil Kauffman, who responded to a Bethesda Beat email about the issue, the board thought it was important to have an independent counsel “thoroughly examine the records to ensure that taxpayer dollars were being used appropriately.”...

 ...“Our goal always is to have reasonable legal costs and to get good advice from experts to help us make the best possible decisions,” Kauffman wrote. “I am confident that we did that here and I believe that our new processes and procedures will ultimately serve the board and public well.”...