Kentucky Association of Counties
It was a bowl of soup that first tipped J. Michael Foster to the trouble that lay ahead for the Kentucky Association of Counties.
A former president of the Kentucky Association of Counties was concerned when he found that the organization had spent thousands of dollars on staff Christmas gifts, he told state auditors recently.
The story that sparked the investigation
When the Kentucky Association of Counties sent six people to Washington, D.C., in March 2008 to attend a conference and lobby officials, the $31,700 trip included two dinners totaling $4,277 and a $10,000 cancellation fee for hotel rooms that weren't used. That trip was one of the most expensive among dozens of jaunts taken by leaders of KACo, a non-profit group that lobbies for counties and provides them with insurance and financing services.
Search the KACO and KLC expenses databaseThe Kentucky League of Cities has changed course and will again voluntarily release documents to the Lexington Herald-Leader, the group announced in a news release Thursday.
