About an hour ago, the Voice of OC reported that OC Public Administrator/Guardian John Williams is in for an audit:County to Launch Audit of Public Administrator
County officials are launching an audit of Public Administrator/Public Guardian John Williams that will look specifically at how his office liquidates large estates.
The forthcoming audit, requested by County Supervisor Pat Bates, is the latest in a string of investigations into Williams' office. Meanwhile, Williams has retained influential political lawyer Phil Greer, who was instrumental in helping Williams lobby the fifth floor last year.
Greer said Monday that Williams himself was calling on county Chief Executive Tom Mauk to audit his operations."Williams is very comfortable with how the office is run," said Greer, who at one point represented each of the supervisors. "Everything is above board and transparent. And he welcomes any and all inquiries into the operations of his office."
Williams' handling of conservatorships came into focus last month when his office protested publicly that then-Deputy District Attorney Todd Spitzer called the office asking questions about a case the office was handling.
Earlier this year, the county internal auditor, Peter Hughes, examined the manner in which Williams was filling out his timesheets and found no evidence of wrongdoing. In 2009, an Orange County grand jury issued two scathing reports on how Williams' office operates.
Bates was chairwoman of the Board of Supervisors in December when Williams survived a 3-2 vote by the board to move his office back into the county bureaucracy following the grand jury reports. Bates told Williams publicly that he would be on a short leash following the tight vote.
4 comments:
"Earlier this year, the county internal auditor, Peter Hughes, examined the manner in which Williams was filling out his timesheets and found no evidence of wrongdoing." I think this is erroneous. I think what he said was that Williams was sooooo dumb, he couldn't possibly be held accountable to fill out two timesheets; one for PA and one for PG. Dr. Hughes therefore, blamed the county's payroll department and their unexcusably hard to understand policies.
Lots of broken links on the new website. (Oops this link appears to be broken!) And strange drop menus that obscure or scramble stuff.
That said, it looks good - at least there are new photos. For many, many years I had to see one of my students graduate over and over again - even though she already has her BA, is married and has a child now.
And they keep changing stuff too - for awhile the page sported a family crest or shield in the upper left - now there's a kind of bouquet with a book and a tree. What's up with that?
Where's are new mascot anyway?
Go auditors! Go get big bad John!
Short leash sounds ok to me as long as it's attached to a choke collar.
7:24 appears to be referring to the new Irvine Valley College website.
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