Comments on: Audit Slams Oxendine’s Special Fraud Program

By: polisavvy

polisavvy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:53:58 +0000

As an aside, it is not a “publicity stunt.” In my opinion, and for whatever it is or is not worth, something needs to be done about this very issue. It’s a start to the correcting of a problem.

By: polisavvy

polisavvy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:37:38 +0000

While I’m not sure that this will make it on here today, perhaps you could enlighten yourselves about the new legislation that Representative Scott has introduced. It can be found at SWGA. Makes sense to me.

By: polisavvy

polisavvy — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:05:41 +0000

Amen, Republican Lady, amen. Could you imagine him as Governor? What a big mess that would be!! I totally agree with you.

By: Republican Lady

Republican Lady — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 02:02:48 +0000

What if Ox got elected (nightmare) and brought those accounting practices to the governor’s office? You think we have budget problems now? According to the audit, he would brankrupt the state and we might never recover.

There is no excuse for any office being so inept, public or private, and especially on the scale of the governor’s office.

By: Mozart

Mozart — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:48:52 +0000

That is an interesting point. If the only “dirt” the Kemp Boys can dig-up on their opponent is that he didn’t vote in primaries, I doubt that’s going to fly much further than the fan it hits.

By: a

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:28:08 +0000

[sorry--correct thread]
You’re right…it would be news–except it isn’t correct. When Sonny’s boy made it his first priority during his 3 weeks in the SoS’s office to snoop around his opponent’s voting record, he must have found spelling all four of those syllables correctly too much. If he’s going to sling mud, he should at least get his facts right. The fact that he bothers tells you he’s running scared, even with the leg up from the Guv.

By: a

Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:23:35 +0000

You’re right…it would be news–except it isn’t correct. When Sonny’s boy made it his first priority during his 3 weeks in the SoS’s office to snoop around his opponent’s voting record, he must have found spelling all four of those syllables correctly too much. If he’s going to sling mud, he should at least get his facts right. The fact that he bothers tells you he’s running scared, even with the leg up from the Guv.

By: polisavvy

polisavvy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:07:56 +0000

I know, right? Strange how we have seemed to have connected, isn’t it? You literally crack me up!

By: Mozart

Mozart — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:57:10 +0000

How can we possibly banter if we keep missing each other’s points, Poli?

By: HowardRoark

HowardRoark — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:07:36 +0000

Would you say it lacks focus, aim, and/or a targeted approach? I do get the feel things are a bit scattered over there. Indeed, more safety procedures should be taken. I hope the next Ins Commissioner will attack this with both barrels.

By: HowardRoark

HowardRoark — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:59:44 +0000

I’ll just say…frankly I don’t care. I don’t like it, but I don’t mind it. We need less people like Brian Kemp in office. Pardon Doug MacGinnitie if he hasn’t spent his entire life angling for the governor’s mansion.

Brian is probably just mad Doug didn’t vote for him for Ag Commish in ’06.

By: I Am Jacks Post

I Am Jacks Post — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:47:15 +0000

I refer you to today’s front page.

By: aquaman

aquaman — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:33:35 +0000

I’m no fan of the Ox but the Department of Audits isn’t exactly a crack team with impeccable credentials in forensic accounting and insurance fraud investigation. One “auditor” I had some dealings with had a degree in ‘Sports Promotion” whatever that is and was just doing the audit gig until a real job came along. If it was known or even suspected that Ox was going to run for governor before this audit was done it could well be a hack job.

By: AlanR

AlanR — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:09:04 +0000

Is it an attack if its true?

This report is dated January 2008. Icarus probably got it at the library. Its a pretty cold description of the program. This report is not an attack on anyone’s character. It is a audit report that describes the management of a department of a state agency. Its dead cold.

The non prosecutions look like a way to handle junk cases without investing time and money, unless they track on campaign contributions. The accounting practices are very bad. Something like this at a publicly owned company would likely cause a lot of heart ache.

By: Mozart

Mozart — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:25:06 +0000

Detective work? Hardly. It’s called common sense.

By: Ken in Eastman

Ken in Eastman — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:16:51 +0000

IAJP,

Thanks for the info. That is very interesting, indeed – as it would be no matter who was involved.

By: polisavvy

polisavvy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:13:55 +0000

Once again, you missed my point. I completely understand the concept of “tagged” words. Nothing more to say.

By: Mozart

Mozart — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:11:44 +0000

+50 points to Mr. Deal.

By: Mozart

Mozart — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:10:57 +0000

That is Icarus’s personal choice of words to tag it as, Poli.

By: polisavvy

polisavvy — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:09:04 +0000

I guess some feel that the election is already etched in stone. I, for one, do not.