A Vero Beach City Council majority last week finally spoke up, demanding monthly reports on city finances to rebuild public trust.
The council has not received regular financial data in public outside of the summer budgeting process since City Manager Monte Falls took over from predecessor Jim O’Connor in 2019.
While Mayor John Cotugno appeares to have stalled resumption of these reports until August, if the Council actually starts getting them, Vero Beach probably will not need to move forward with Cotugno’s proposal to hire a pricey PR guru to put a positive spin on the city’s missteps…