Bloomfield's Crisis of Governance Part 3: An Investigative Series
The Audit Scandal & The $21 Million "Ghost" By Peter C. Frank , The Bloomfield Dispatch (Read Part 2.5 ) BLOOMFIELD, Connecticut , December 3, 2025 – In Part 2.5 , we discussed how the tax phase-in is a mathematical trap. But taxes are only half the equation. The other half is how the Town manages the money it already has. And right now, nobody seems to know exactly where that money stands. As of today, the Town of Bloomfield is effectively operating blind. The Fiscal Year 2024 Audit , which covers the period ending June 30, 2024, is effectively 11 months overdue (it was due December 31, 2024). Without this audit, the Town Council cannot accurately budget, the bond rating agencies cannot accurately assess the town's risk, and taxpayers cannot know if their money is safe. Why is the audit late? (Again?) While the Administration remains silent (despite repeated attempts to obtain comment), a review of the previous year’s audit reports (FY2023) uncov...