Everything Mr. Matthews touches turns to "LOL".

If Commissioner Mark Seabrook isn't "very happy about it," then maybe he should have gone to the meeting in Dave Matthews's kitchen broom closet.

Seriously, what is it with the local GOP and finding folks to count the money? First the truck driver whose abacus was cracked, and now a bonding issue. Maybe the kids at Prosser could take on the auditor's post as a class project?

Floyd insurer: Bonding questions raised about interim auditor Clark, by Grace Schneider (C-J)

Floyd County leaders say unexpected concerns have been raised recently about arranging a surety performance bond for incoming interim Floyd County Auditor Scott Clark.

The county’s insurance agent, Kevin Paul, contacted Floyd officials last Thursday to alert them that an insurance carrier it uses to line up surety bonds indicated it would not issue a bond for Clark, who is scheduled to take office this Monday, said Theresa Plaiss, a former Floyd County auditor who now works as an administrative assistant to Floyd operations director Don Lopp.

The reasons were not specified, but “something had come to their attention” in checking into Clark. Paul had called to inform officials of the development and of the potential he’d need to find another carrier that sells high-risk policies, Plaiss said.

Clark — a certified public accountant who also serves as a tax adviser for Intuit, the parent company of Turbotax — declined to comment and referred a reporter to Rick Fox, the Floyd County attorney. Fox said he’s still looking into the matter.

If Darin Coddington is without the "skill set," then what about the voters who chose him to be auditor?

The C-J's Grace Schneider outlines the departing Darin Coddington's predicament as scapegoat for the county's budget crisis, as nary a Republican can be found who'll publicly go to bat for Coddington.

Perhaps this scurrying might be taken as a sign of emerging political maturity, except for the fact that ever since Coddington took office, word on both left and right sides of the street has been that his glaring absence of applicable experience meant that he barely knew what he was doing.

Of course, the seeming tumult in Dave Matthews's GOP ranks might be diversionary, too. Is Coddington's convenient springtime abdication also the metaphorical washing of hands by commissioners Bush and Seabrook, v.v. the auditor's willingness to pay Keith Henderson's legal fees without examination?

It's a legitimate question, right?

Floyd County auditor resigns amid budget crisis

Floyd County Auditor Darin Coddington resigned Friday, effective May 3, after county leaders acknowledged that a series of missteps during the past year have led to a major budget emergency.

Coddington, a Republican who was elected in 2010, had told fellow county leaders that he was resigning for personal reasons. An after-hours number for him could not be found Friday.

John Schellenberger, a Republican and current chairman of the Floyd County Council, acknowledged in an interview that the financial crisis — an estimated $2.4 million budget deficit discovered about eight weeks into the new year — was a factor.

“If a person doesn’t have the skill set, it’s a really stressful job” serving as auditor, Schellenberger said.