Audit could lead to legal action over Harrisburg's finances, city ...

Harrisburg receiver David Unkovic expects ?within a week or two? to learn whether a recent forensic audit warrants legal action against those responsible for the city?s tangled finances.

Unkovic raised the issue during the first public forum bringing together the state-appointed receiver, Mayor Linda Thompson, and a city council representative ? Vice President Eugenia Smith ? to answer residents? questions about Harrisburg?s debt crisis.

The forum, sponsored by Harrisburg Hope at Midtown Scholar Bookstore, drew 300 people who stood on the sides, lined the mezzanine, and sat on the stairs to hear how the city will work its way out of a $318 million debt.

In addition to Unkovic?s hint at legal action, Thompson said that city residents should brace for fee increases for all city services, such as permits and licenses.

She also said that she and Gov. Tom Corbett are holding a news conference Friday morning to announce ?additional manpower? from the state to help curb a recent crime wave.

Moderator Alan Kennedy-Shaffer, president of Harrisburg Hope, asked if a recently completed forensic audit merits ?civil or criminal actions? against any person or entity cited as contributors to now-discredited deals that allowed debt to accumulate around botched incinerator renovations.

?If there are actions that can be brought that should be brought, then I?m going to push forward with that,? he said.

Source: http://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2012/03/audit_could_lead_to_legal_acti.html

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