Legislative Audit Bureau still alive and kicking Republican ass...

Vinehout also took the opportunity to remind voters what happened around June 9th, 2015:

These two dangerous GOP knuckleheads, Rep.’s Jarcho and Craig, wanted to take away the only measuring stick available to hold the Walker administration and majority Republican legislators accountable to voters. In a twisted “cart before the horse” kind of logic, Jarcho and Craig argued the LAB didn’t somehow prevent problems their backward GOP legislation created. They thought, what good is the report if it’s after the fact? You can’t make this stuff up:

They said the bureau does a “tremendous” job, but it fails to prevent problems. Jarchow and Craig said in the email:

“Unfortunately, the statutory process under which the LAB operates focuses more on retrospective examination rather than proactive fiscal action and bad practice (deterrence). In many instances, by the time an audit has occurred the political will (or new legislative composition) necessary to change a state program has diminished.” 

Under the bill, the audit bureau would be replaced by a system of inspectors general working within state agencies. Rep. David Craig wasn’t available to discuss his assertion that the inspectors would be better at getting ahead of problems.

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