Delaware has many fine people serving in our state government but in many cases we have too much of the “Delaware Way” which means go along and get along. It is time for an independent voice with legal powers to investigate and root out fraud, waste and abuse.
By the time our Auditor gets an issue it is too late and the Attorney General’s office can’t do this function. However, our Auditor does have 15 spots that are not staffed this budget year and the office I am talking about would be more effective than filling those spots.
This office could be elective or appointed but it must be independent with financial expertise and subpoena authority. Possibly an Inspector General or GAO sort of office to for instance look at double and triple dippers in state government. Possibly an office to look at school spending? Possibly someone who could track conflicts of interest??
Unless we look at who is spending our money and how, we will never get our budget under control.
