I know the first story from West Terre Haute is ju...

2011-07-01T00:15:39.958-05:00

I know the first story from West Terre Haute is just a snippet, but I wish, when they say "state auditors", they would clarify and say it's the State Board of Accounts who made the discovery. That state agency was specifically created over 100 years ago to ferret-out fraud, theft, and wasteful spending across the state in various levels of government. Instead of creating more positions to figure-out why there are problems in government (as so many leaders and legislative bodies tend to do), there needs to be more auditors and oversight of government functions created instead.

I know under Mitch Daniels, who is not alone in his narrow thinking, SBOA auditors/accountants have been laid-off. Indiana saves a buck now, but with less people and time to perform audits, we lose a lot more down the road (and will be losing more soon). Much like the Inspector General's Office, SBOA should probably not be under the direction of the Governor's office any more, which would increase independence and retract politics as much as possible to really try and root-out corruption, bad ethics, fiscal mismanagement and malfeasance.

But good government is not something Indiana seems to reach for nowadays. I do know, overall, what the SBOA does is what we need more of in this state.

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