CPS Made Charitable Contributions With Taxpayer Money
CHICAGO (WBBM) -- The Chicago Public Schools management was fond of saying that times were tight.
But as WBBM Newsradio 780's David Roe reports, that didn't stop the schools from making charitable donations with taxpayer money.
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The district's own records that former school board presidents Michael Scott and Rufus Williams freely made donations from taxpayer-funded accounts to dozens of hand-picked charities.
The Chicago Tribune reports most of the donations brought little or no benefit to the school system.
The two gave more than $200,000 dollars for seats at lavish dinners, parties and banquets.
Scott spent at least $220,000 dollars on charities he ran or where he and his wife served on the board.
Scott died in 2009, in what authorities said was a suicide. He had been asked about his expenses the day before his death.
