In another example of local fiscal irresponsibility, Orlando City Clerk Stephanie Herdocia spent thousands of tax dollars on her recent Vegas trip. Making matters worse, there were in-state and virtual options available to the City Clerk, which could have saved taxpayers a lot of money.
West Orlando News obtained records showing City Clerk Stephanie Herdocia attended the Laserfiche “Empower” Conference in Las Vegas. She stayed all week at the Mandalay Bay hotel on the taxpayers’ dime, even adding an extra night to accommodate her travel schedule. She spent over $800 on Southwest airfare, and more money on Vegas taxis. She also was assigned a city credit card with a $5,000 limit to take with her on the Vegas trip. The registration for the conference cost taxpayers nearly $1,500, and taxpayers were on the hook for all of Stephanie Herdocia’s breakfasts, lunches and dinners for the week, totaling hundreds of additional dollars.
It added up to costing thousands of local tax dollars.
At least one of Herdocia’s expenses that the city provided was made after the conference had ended, although city officials are now delaying and avoiding answering follow-up questions and will not release the full credit card statement. Why did the Orlando City Clerk expense a monorail ticket? Herdocia makes nearly $140,000 base salary and is an appointee of Mayor Buddy Dyer. She sent a total of eight emails during that entire week, according to a public records request…