Letters

Auditor comments

I need to comment on certain portions of an article in the 10/23/2014 Gazette titled “County makes cuts to balance 2015 budget.”

The article states that the county commissioners spent close to two hours discussing my budget. It also states that I had not discussed the proposed staff addition with them; that there is an agency “evaluating the auditor’s department”; and that junior taxing district budgets will be incorporated into the county’s budget.

Many times over the past two years I have discussed the need for additional staff in the finance department with the commissioner...