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Schweich denies he filed suit against Nixon’s disaster withholdings for personal reasons, blasts Post Dispatch editorial (VIDEO)

August 30, 2011 By Jessica Machetta

Auditor Tom Schweich is blasting an editorial in the St. Louis Post Dispatch that says his lawsuit over the Governor’s budget withholdings to help Joplin rebuild is based on personal vendetta.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ66YUd995E

Schweich says the Post ignores the media’s responsibility to present the facts clearly to the public. He quotes…

“That ‘Mr. Schweich wants the courts and public to believe his budget is more important than helping a city rebuild from one of the worst natural disasters in our state’s history…'”

“That is blatant dishonesty,” Schweich fires back. “It is corrupt, it is dishonest, it is libelous, it is false and it is a tremendous disservice to the people of Missouri who have to read junk like that when the Post Dispatch knows darn well just reading the lawsuit that is not what this lawsuit is about.”

Governor Nixon has cut about $150 million dollars from the state budget for disaster recovery. Schweich says Nixon does not have the authority to make that unilateral decision and has filed a lawsuit to stop him.

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Filed Under: Legislature, Politics / Govt Tagged With: budget, Joplin, lawsuit, Missouri, Nixon, Schweich, Supreme Court

State Auditor launches rapid response team, plans to enforce audits (AUDIO / VIDEO)

February 17, 2011 By Jessica Machetta

The State Auditor’s Office has organized a rapid response team to launch some audits, and is also working to start enforcing audits after they’re done.

State Auditor Tom Schweich says his rapid response team — led by Former Greene County Prosecutor Darrell Moore — will jump to action when possible fraud, violations of the law, or a loss of confidence in the government is brought to his attention.

He says too often, audits are compromised because people destroy documents and evidence. His rapid response team would prevent that from happening.

Schweich also wants to make sure state audits are more than just suggestions. He says an accountability program will add weight to state audits.

He says his office does have the authority to enforce audits, and that’s what he intends to do.

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Filed Under: Legislature, Politics / Govt Tagged With: Auditor, Schweich



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