"I think it is pretty clear that there was no indication of fraud, waste or abuse, and that is significant," Rawlings-Blake said of the audit. "We were able to work with HUD to significantly reduce the amount [the city would have to repay] and we are working to shore up the accounting measures and accountability measures. ... They were trying to get a lot of stimulus money into the community and that happened. It certainly didn't happen in a way that any of us had wanted with respect to the accounting."