SLOPPY BOOKKEEPING BLAMED FOR CENTER'S FINANCIAL WOES MADISON OFFICIALS HAD BLOCKED FUNDING TO THE BRIDGE-LAKEPOINT-WAUNONA CENTER.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN) From: Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI) | Date: May 31, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 Capital Newspapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Lesley Rogers County reporter

Haphazard bookkeeping, not theft, accounted for financial troubles at a South Side Madison neighborhood center earlier this year, a city audit released Wednesday showed.

"This removes part of the cloud that was over the center," said Mark Hazelbaker, president of the nonprofit Friends of the Center board of directors. "It just says You're stupid, not criminal.' "

City officials noticed irregularities in bookkee...