> “It kept my son busy,” she said. “It taught him a skill. It helped him with his confidence and basically anger management.” > Then, in early December, Gaines was notified that boxing had been canceled. >“It was upsetting,” she said — and confusing. The vague explanation she received was that one of the officers in charge was transferred.

The real “problem” was that city employees aren’t suppose to be receiving these funds. And there is no auditing.

> Urban Affairs Coalition, tasked with disbursing the grant money, said through a spokesperson it held no oversight function.

>That responsibility lies with the city’s Office of Violence Prevention, the grant maker.

>“It does seem like the way they set it up potentially has some governance concerns,” Harrison said.

“Governance concerns” no shit. City Hall has way too many different offices and tasks forces splitting out duties instead of a more centralized anti-violence initiative