[mywittyname]

As much flak as people give "the government" for poor spending, there's actually a huge amount of auditing and checks in place for purchases by officials.

There's no way a decision like this gets made without a several "independent assessments" happening as a CYA move.

[dijonman2]

The administration of the Roslyn school district ripped off tax payers for years. While it was caught it took awhile to discover:

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2019/09/hugh-jackman-mo...