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…