(WBFF) — Allegations of false invoices tied to the Baltimore’s Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement (MONSE) and the SideStep program are raising new questions about how taxpayer money is being tracked and spent, and whether the City Council should step in with its own investigation.
Questions were sent to all 15 Baltimore City Council members, including Council President Zeke Cohen, asking whether the latest Office of the Inspector General’s findings raise concerns about how MONSE keeps track of taxpayer dollars and whether the council should investigate how the mayor’s office is spending the money.
Only one council member responded by late afternoon Tuesday: Councilman Mark Conway, chairman of the Baltimore City Council’s public safety committee…