Category: Fiscal Accountability


  • Portsmouth has finally posted its long-overdue financial reports — the first since February 2025 — but key FY25 year-end results, which are normally available by early fall, are still missing. After I raised concerns about the lack of financial reporting at the Audit Committee meeting and in my recent letter to the editor, it’s encouraging…

  • As the author of Portsmouth’s original Audit Committee ordinance—and a finance professional with decades of experience in budgeting, accounting, and audit oversight—I was alarmed by what unfolded at the Audit Committee meeting on October 14, visit (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgmzjRWFl3w). What should have been a straightforward financial review instead revealed how little oversight our city currently has over…