A "libertarian" who believes by definition in the idea that government is corrupt, accusing the government of being corrupt. How surprising.
Corruption is a pretty low bar. Why don't we go for laziness? The supervisors are lazy. They don't want to deal with the bureaucracy of an auditor which basically has no powers when a CPA is hired. They also don't want to deal with the yearly random "informed citizen" who decides *this is the year* he's going to participate in local government, despite never having been in the local township offices before.
There's a word for this type of idiot, but I can't find it right now.
> They don't want to deal with the bureaucracy of an auditor which basically has no powers when a CPA is hired
Your run-off-the-mill accountant will only check that there was enough budget, a quote, a confirmation from some admin staff that the service has been provided as agreed, a bill for that service referring to the quote, and a record from admin that the bill has been paid.
The entire point of having an independently (!) elected auditor is to make sure that there are no shady deals going on - things like vendors excessively charging for services based upon golf-club deals with the mayor.
> They also don't want to deal with the yearly random "informed citizen" who decides this is the year he's going to participate in local government, despite never having been in the local township offices before.
Actually, these kind of "informed citizens" are those that actually serve the interests of society the best - they don't go and accept stuff simply because it has always been done so. They go in, dive deep and hold people accountable!
Corruption is a pretty low bar. Why don't we go for laziness? The supervisors are lazy. They don't want to deal with the bureaucracy of an auditor which basically has no powers when a CPA is hired. They also don't want to deal with the yearly random "informed citizen" who decides *this is the year* he's going to participate in local government, despite never having been in the local township offices before.
There's a word for this type of idiot, but I can't find it right now.