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Morgan: 'Efficient local government' is 'within reach'
Current controller says her lawsuit against county commissioners is intended to help create 'unhampered system of checks and balances'
Editor's note: Patch invites all elected officeholders and candidates for public office to submit letters to the editor for publication. The following submission is from current Montgomery County Controller Diane Morgan. Dear Fellow Taxpayer: As the first female Controller of Montgomery County, I take my role as “Fiscal Watchdog” seriously. Since 2008, I have discovered $15 million in accounting errors in the Employee Retirement Fund, and renegotiated fees saving taxpayers approximately $3 million dollars. Despite being the 3rd largest county in the state, we have the lowest ratio of auditors. Montgomery County has only four auditors for a budget of over $500 million. We do not have sufficient staff to audit tax collectors, municipal …
Susan E. Worth LaManna
5:36 pm on Thursday, October 27, 2011
"Fraud, waste, and duplication" did mark this office when Diane Morgan took charge, and she has brought about efficiency (even with so few auditors). Bruce is just touting one of his own, as young Greenleaf works in Bruce's law firm. We can appreciate the loyalty, but the facts don't support the slur! more ›