King County suspended its contract with Urban Family after an outside financial review identified about $260,000 in likely duplicate billing. The organization works with the Regional Peacekeepers Collective, a county-funded gun violence prevention network.
Discussing the reported suspension during “The Gee and Ursula Show” on KIRO Newsradio, co-host Ursula Reutin questioned the county’s financial oversight, while co-host Gee Scott warned that repeated problems could lead officials to replace accounting positions with artificial intelligence.
“How about just doing the right thing with the money in the first place?” Ursula said. “This is bigger than just a question of one contractor. This is like, what is happening with King County? Is it a systemic problem?”
Ursula questions accountability for public spending
Ursula added that the review found likely duplicate charges for salaries, rent and other expenses, but noted it was not a criminal case…