I was guzzling my coffee this morning in anticipation of today's installment of "The DanVinci Code" when the ol' CD player began cranking out a killer classic from the aforementioned Swedish supergroup.
The single couldn't have been more appropriate to what I read in today's edition of The Tribune.
The ongoing self-destruction of the Siamese Councilmen takes yet another turn, and Dancing Queen serves as the accompaniment.
Headline: State says no to extra audit; Council will look into finances first
No rumors circulating, just good reporting by Eric Scott Campbell. Here are a few excerpts:
An official for the State Board of Accounts, which audits New Albany's finances each year, said Tuesday he does not recommend the city hire an accounting firm for an independent audit as the City Council voted on Thursday to do.
CM's Coffey, Price, Schmidt, Kochert, and Blevins demonstrated again their inability to understand their jobs, but won the day with their majority vote. Disregard the fact that the resolution was muddled, nonspecific, and unfunded. Somebody told them the audit called for an extra audit. Somebody was wrong.
"We wouldn't recommendt that they get an independent audit because that's exactly what we do," said Mike Bozymski, deputy state examiner.
Under prevailing rules at the Big Lots of conspiracy theories, Bozymski must be on the take. Anyone holding actual knowledge of the law and expressing it would, under those rules, be crooked.
Mayor Garner and his administration, among a cast of thousands who were baffled by Coffey's insistence that his expertise trumped that of the sentient populace, stand vindicated today.
And the Gang of Five are dancing. Dancing away from this wrong-headed proposition as fast as they can.
Maybe they could hire Dave Ramsey as a consultant.
ReplyDeleteDave Ramsey has some good ideas about personal finance that many in our community could use. If you talk to him personally, he is not a stringent for corporate finances although similar principles work and are beneficial.
ReplyDeleteA banker friend told me there are many, many forclosures on homes in the Woods of Lafayette and a teacher told me they have many bounced lunch checks from this same subdivision.
People are living beyond their means. It cannot continue.
This statement from the auditor should be vindication to Kay Garry. She provides ample information but these guys just don't seem to be able to interpret it.
HB,
ReplyDeleteI do agree with many, if not most, of Mr. Ramsey's ideas for personal financial management. The key word is "personal" which you also alluded to.
We the solstice witch coven of Main St wondered today at our audit-roast, why the friggin city council doesn't bring in a consultant to teach them to read the financials and interpret the financials...it is pretty technical stuff.
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