Missing details
Thank you Jaime for providing some of the context for the auditor mess.
MySA.com: Jaime Castillo | Politics
Gonzales inexplicably drew a line in the sand over the lack of authorization he received to conduct an audit of the city’s playground equipment.
He sealed his fate by firing off a snotty, petulant memo to City Councilman John Clamp, the chairman of the audit subcommittee which acts as a clearinghouse for pending audits.
Worse, Gonzales, who never formally asked the subcommittee whether he could do the audit, didn’t keep it between Clamp and him. In a misguided attempt at a power play, he included on the message all 11 council members, the group that hires and fires him, plus a sundry list of other officials.
The inept politics seemed obvious although I don’t recall any of the articles mentioning any of these details. Unfortunately, I would think that good, trust-worthy auditors may have a tendency to be less than expert at playing politics. But like Jamie says, that’s no reason to get rid of the auditor position.
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