TCN Report Shows Misuse of Funds
The Chamber of Commerce released the results of a long-awaited financial review late Wednesday afternoon to the City Manager’s office. Among the findings are a pattern of co-mingling of funds, diversion of specific-use funds and providing financial benefit to a board member.

The Coast News was unable to get comments from the former Chamber employees, Gary Tucker or Mike Andreen, who have recently left the Chamber. Both men are considered players in Encinitas politics.

Read the whole article and the audit report at The Coast News.

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TCN Chamber Audit Held as Scope Expands
Excerpt “After very carefully reviewing the documents, I feel that this review will not satisfy the city nor does it satisfy me,” [the new chamber CEO said].

After rumors of fiscal mismanagement and possible misuse of taxpayer funding an audit of the Encinitas Chamber of Commerce is being conducted.

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From Calpensions.com:

As is common among local government pension systems in California, workers have not been making annual contributions toward their pensions in nearly all of the small cities in San Diego County.

Calpensions goes on to state that staff in the City of La Mesa will begin covering their pension contributions.

Encinitas taxpayers continue to pay a substantial proportion of the "staff's" contribution to the pension system.

The NCT reports that Carlsbad has been the most helpful to the SDCTA in their efforts to review pension liabilities. The SDCTA is reported as saying that Encinitas was the least helpful.