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Elected County Auditor-Controllers Behaving Badly

Elected County Auditor-Controllers Behaving Badly
The California State flag flies outside City Hall, in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 27, 2017. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images
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In 54 of California’s 58 counties, the auditor-controller is elected by the voters. They are responsible for the checkbook of their counties and the accounting of the transactions that occurred during the year. They are accountants. We lovingly call them bean counters. You know, the green eyeshade types of individuals who you usually never have to worry about.

John Moorlach
John Moorlach
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John Moorlach is the director of the California Policy Center's Center for Public Accountability. He has served as a California State Senator and Orange County Supervisor and Treasurer-Tax Collector. In 1994, he predicted the County's bankruptcy and participated in restoring and reforming the sixth most populated county in the nation.
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