[The Horrible Esthete]

But I do have to ask: Esthete, how do you know they're mismanaging funds, if they won't tell you anything about how the funds are spent?

When CPS first wanted to put its levy on the ballot, opponents asked that CPS be required to conduct its fiscal operations with a higher level of transparency should the levy pass, and they objected (of course).

That doesn't mean that we cannot become privy to poor fiscal management though conversations with CPS employees and clients, reliable investigative reporting, and piecing together information that IS of public record but not openly circulated (public meetings, city council meeting minutes, etc.)