School Board member supports proposed law to ban BOE credit cards

No, it's not an MCPS school board member who is publicly supporting State Delegate Alonzo Washington's bill that would ban taxpayer-funded credit cards for school board members.

In today's Prince George's County Sentinel:

“I think there’s some members who used their credit card in an appropriate manner,” said [Prince George's County] Board of Education member Edward Burroughs, who does not have a board-issued credit card. “I think there’s some members in the past who have not used it in an appropriate manner. Taxpayer dollars are so important it’s best for no one to have a card.”

Read the entire article at:

http://www.thesentinel.com/pgs/index.php?option=com_k2&view=item&id=1054:state-delegate-proposes-bill-calling-for-school-board-to-ban-credit-cards&Itemid=766