Phoenix residents accused Phoenix City Councilmembers of misappropriation of funds concerning the Phoenix Parks and Preserves Initiative at a city council meeting.
At the meeting, the speakers demanded more accountability and transparency from city officials about how Phoenix Parks and Preserves Initiative funds are being used.
The initiative was approved by voters in 1999 and renewed in 2008 as a sales tax program that would allocate its funds to improve and expand the Phoenix park system as well as purchasing and maintaining desert and mountain preserves…