Palm Beach County Commission presses staff auditor to find corruption before inspector general does

Well, imagine that! Did this sort of discussion occur last night regarding re-instituting the Internal Auditor position? Or, is it as I assume, that the general opinion is that there is no fraud, waste or corruption in the city of Lake Worth. Here are some excerpts from the PBP article (click title for link):

Palm Beach County commissioners on Tuesday said they wanted to conduct "more aggressive" internal audits of county departments, a move they hope will reduce the need for the county's Inspector General to investigate cases of waste and fraud.

AND

"You should be robust and aggressive enough so that the IG should have nothing to do," Commissioner Karen Marcus told Bergeron Tuesday. "I am questioning why they are doing the Palm Tran audit and not you all. I would think that would be something, as a county department, that you would jump into."

Bergeron is one of three county employees, including County Administrator Bob Weisman and County Attorney Denise Nieman, who report directly to the seven-member commission.

According to the City Manager, there are/were seven (7) active investigations being undertaken by the Inspector General's office of some aspect of the city of Lake Worth - one of them relates to the beach.