This shout out amid controversy seems WEIRD but nothing about this drama really makes sense besides the fact that it's all just a slap fight betwixt a political consultant and his backyard rivals via the chronically bored and those who will do anything to escape lives of quiet desperation . . . Read more:
First state audit complete on Clay County Government, highlighting clerk's office
The first of several state audits of Clay County is now complete, after strong calls for transparency by Clay County residents suspecting fraud and government waste in Missouri's sixth most populated county.
Not really surprising, of all five Offices being audited, the County Clerk's Office has the least complex workflow.
ReplyDeleteNor is it surprising that the only items of concern found in the Audit were related to the recording and handling of payments. It is very easy for clerical staff and their immediate supervisors to slip into a routine casualness, especially in times of high volume, and forget that the "numbers" they process are actually "money", and that the "money" is the product they are dealing with.
I've been involved in forensic Accounting for many years, and have seen the same thing happen over and over, in every imaginable corporate structure and category of business.
I'm not familiar with the staffing level of the Clerk's Office, it may well be that the Clerk needs more staff, and she might look into establishing an Internal Audit function to try to prevent this sort of "human tendency" creating any problems in the future.
It is also not surprising to me that Ms. Galloway was experienced enough to recognize this situation, or that she was ethically honest enough to state that the Clerk was working to correct the problems.
I feel that this speaks well of Ms. Galloway, I can certainly think of other State Officials who would have "rumbled and thundered", using these minor findings for self promotion and headline-grabbing.
A Savvy Astute Comment -
ReplyDelete"I am disturbed by the motivations of those driving the audit and Galloway's behavior. Most auditors quietly go about their work and in the end release an audit report. This auditor, Galloway, started off by grandstanding in press releases and interviews. She has made disparaging comments about the County, some commissioners, and staff. She has joined in with a group led by Jason Withington and Presiding Commissioner Jerry Nolte. Jason Withington is not held in high esteem by anyone except himself. He has no credibility in the community and has his own political ambitions. Nolte is using the audit in retribution against the other commissioners that he doesn't get a long with. The whole audit effort was deeply political at the start. It isn't about a group of citizens desiring a well run county. It is an effort to drive two people out of office and make Nolte and Withington prosper politically. Although the results of an audit may result in findings that reflect poorly on people, including office holders, and even criminal charges, this should not be the motivation. Galloway should have recognized this and insulated her office from it. Instead, she has behaved very unprofessionally and she now has no credibility."
the purpose of Nolte's venomous attacks was to drive Luann and Owen from office. He has done that.
ReplyDelete"What you do to others will be done to you."
Nolte will now reap the bad karma he has sown.
Thank you Luanne and Gene, for your feeble efforts at misdirection- looks like the "reaping of what was sown" lies pretty close to your own horizons, doesn't it
ReplyDeleteDo either of you truly not understand how much your shenanigans have angered and disgusted the Residents of Clay County or the contempt in which you two are held by them?
Apparently you do, Luanne, since you've announced you won't run for re-election and are privately telling your associates you're moving across the State Line.
And what about you Gene? As soon as you finish emptying the County's Treasury into the pockets of the Developers and contractors you represent (instead of the People), are you running for the hills too?