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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Auditor, Bohn Email Exchange Leads to Investigation, T-S Reports
The Times-Standard reports that an email exchange between county Auditor-Controller Karen Paz Dominguez and First District Supervisor Rex Bohn on Thursday is the subject of a Human Resources investigation. According to the article, the issue in the emails centered on Bohn wanting to hand deliver a $23,000 payment for providing hotel room space during the […]
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Election Rundown: A Reformer’s Landslide, a Nail-Biter in the Fifth and What You Missed on Election Night
Tens of thousands of Humboldt County voters hit the polls Tuesday and when the dust settled in the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the county had ushered reform into the auditor-controller’s office, handed an incumbent supervisor a third term, picked a judge in a landslide and, well, was still on the fence in a Fifth […]
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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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Primary Voting Time! Here’s How, Where and Why!
It’s primary season and today is your day to vote! If you’re not sure where your polling place is, click here to find it. If you haven’t sent your mail-in ballot, you can also drop it off there or at the county elections office. Many local elected positions are being filled by incumbents without competition, […]
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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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Board of Supervisors Prepares for Auditor Controller Do-Over, Public Defender Appointment
UPDATE: On April 24 the board voted unanimously to appoint Dillingham to the postion. Previously: The Humboldt County Board of Supervisors will consider Tuesday appointing Cheryl Dillingham as interim auditor-controller. Again. The board voted unanimously at its April 3 meeting to appoint Dillingham to the post. But the item on the board’s agenda that day […]
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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 […]