Jim Gray has released his statement on the Kentucky League of Cities audit:

“The audit report of the KLC speaks to a larger issue.   When you total the costs of these scandals from the past year, we the taxpayers are being stuck with more than a $3.5 million tab for questionable spending, bonuses, perks, un-repaid loans and other financial hi-jinks.  When will it end?  And how much will it have to cost us before the administration makes real changes to fix this?  And, make no mistake: This is not just costing our people and our city over 3.5 million dollars.  It is costing us our pride in our city, our reputation as a city, and our confidence in Lexington’s future.  To restore faith in City Hall and create the climate of economic confidence we need to get our economy moving again, this persistent and pervasive culture of corruption has got to stop.”

Nice, subtle way to call Jim Newberry out, for sure.