Peduto seeks state audit of Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority over gaming funds

Mayor Bill Peduto has requested that Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale audit the Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority in the administration’s escalating dispute with the oversight board. The mayor presented to the media the formal letter he sent to DePasquale, further criticizing the ICA over his contention that the board has wrongfully withheld as much as $20 million in gaming funds. “Since I was elected mayor in 2013, my administration has attempted to cooperate with the Intergovernmental…