By her own admission, Charlottesville Mayor Nikuyah Walker says she "paid" community members, who she says were speaking on important public issues, with $25 gift cards "for every hour that they spend and devote to helping us heal this community.”
However, despite her good intentions, she could be in some hot water.
According to a February 3 memo from Acting City Attorney Lisa Robertson, after an individual made a presentation to City Council in October 2020, a donation was given to "her" non-profit using an individual City Councilor's government-issued credit card. Robertson was also contacted, we know not by whom, and asked if it was lawful for an individual City Councilor to purchase gifts cards, effectively using tax-payer funds, with their government-issued credit cards to be distributed to individuals who participated i…
