The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors voted 4-1, with Fifth District Supervisor Steve Madrone dissenting, to hire an independent, third-party to investigate allegations of workplace misconduct and delayed payments by the Auditor-Controller’s Office. The closed session vote this afternoon came as the board met to conference with legal counsel regarding anticipated litigation or significant exposure […]
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Supes to Discuss Five Cases of Possible Litigation Related to Auditor-Controller
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors is slated to meet in a special closed session tomorrow to conference with legal counsel regarding anticipated litigation or a significant exposure to litigation related to five cases of “allegations of workplace misconduct and delayed payments by the auditor-controller.” The closed session discussion is the sole item on the […]
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Committee Alleges Problems with Auditor-Controller’s Office Could Cost County $14 Million in State, Federal Reimbursements
The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will meet in special session tomorrow morning to discuss what its ad-hoc budget committee has deemed “operational gaps” in the Auditor-Controller’s Office that it contends could result in the county losing more than $14 million in state and federal reimbursements if looming deadlines are not met. “If the county […]
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The Jury’s In
By their very nature, Humboldt County Civil Grand Jury reports generally make for pretty dry reading. Not only are they products of deep-dive investigations into the inner workings of the bureaucracies of government, but they are also the work product of 19 citizens who must be in agreement not just about what an investigation found […]
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3rd UPDATE: Paz Dominguez Grows Lead in Auditor-Controller Race
THIRD UPDATE: Karen Paz Dominguez continued to grow her lead in the auditor-controller’s race with the final election night report, coming in 1,535 votes ahead of Mike Lorig and garnering 54.34 percent of the ballots tallied in the contest to his 45.28 percent. PREVIOUSLY: SECOND UPDATE: The auditor-controller race continues to be close but Karen […]
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Want to Vote in June? Register by the Stroke of Midnight
Monday, May 21, is the last day to register to vote in California’s June 5 primary election, which will see residents in the Fourth and Fifth Districts marking their choice for supervisor, the first contested judgeship in decades and an unusually dynamic battle for auditor-controller — not to mention several unchallenged races along with candidates […]
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The Surprisingly Dramatic Race for Auditor-Controller
Does slow and steady really win the race? Mike Lorig, an accountant with the Department of Health and Human Services and a contender in this year’s auditor-controller election, certainly hopes so. Lorig, who ran for the position unsuccessfully in 2010, hopes to edge out Karen Paz Dominguez, a controversial newcomer to county bureaucracy, for the […]
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Power Struggles, Security Breaches, a Sexual Harassment Complaint and a Brown Act Violation Rock the Auditor-Controller's Office
Although it’s elected, the position of county auditor-controller is rarely the stuff of headlines. But the county’s top fiscal job, which involves financial oversight of county agencies, budgeting and disbursement of county funds, has recently garnered some controversy, thanks in part to Assistant Auditor Karen Paz Dominguez, who first stepped into the spotlight at a […]