- One robot dog armed with a thermometer: $150,000.
- Forty all-terrain vehicles, five utility terrain vehicles, and 18 utility trailers: $626,000.
- Using public funds earmarked for coronavirus relief to buy these items: priceless.
"That’s just a fraction of supposedly COVID-related spending by a single police department, in Honolulu, Hawaii.
...In Michigan, auditors compiled a summary questioning $10 million in spending between March through August 2020.
- The probe found insufficient documentation for purchases of masks, beds, and face shields, a $321,000 payment to a state university unrelated to COVID, $5.1 million paid to a vendor after a contract was canceled, and an unspecified loss from a $5.5 million order for medical gowns.
- As the coronavirus pandemic unfolded in March 2020, Michigan in an emergency move wired $96.9 million for personal protective equipment to vendors before the gear was received, in violation of prescribed financial procedures.
- While conducting one such transaction, a vendor’s bank cautioned Michigan that the relevant account was “flagged,” according to the state audit, without going into further detail. The state ignored the warning and proceeded with a $4.9 million transfer.
- The vendor immediately initiated a “large cash withdrawal” of the money, according to a state audit. Michigan had been swindled. While it was able to recoup most of the money, it took a $25,000 loss.
Under Democrat Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan has combined some of the most onerous coronavirus-based restrictions in the U.S. with some of the highest infection rates...Read all
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