State Auditor finds "egregious" misconduct in yet another New Mexico school district.

From the Journal today, link, yet another school district has been caught misappropriating tax dollars.

The legislature is seriously considering cutting funding for public schools. Every penny counts.

Yet because the legislature steadfastly refuses to fund the Office of the State Auditor adequately, another quasi-governmental agency has been caught ripping off taxpayers. This time, for "only" $64,000.00.

I wonder if enough will ever be enough.

State Auditor Hector Balderas seems to find corruption everywhere he can afford to look.



Auditor Balderas is seen here, telling me, if he just had the resources he needs, he could forensically audit public corruption out of existence. In a time were every penny counts, a dollar spend on the OSA will return between 3 and 5 tax dollars not stolen or wasted.

Yet, no one in Santa Fe is even considering putting an end to the stealing, as a cost cutting measure, or as a "revenue generator".

It is disturbing that, even if giving the Auditor the audit staff he needs, wouldn't yield a positive return on investment, that the stealing and waste should not be ended simply as a matter of principle and, at any cost.




photo Mark Bralley