Legislative Records Show Distrust Of Auditor's Office Pre-dates Gallion's Tenure

Meeting minutes indicate that State Auditor Josh Gallion has played into the hands of legislative critics who already had the office in their cross-hairs by simply doing his job.

Dustin Gawrylow

Feb 24, 2023

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The war on the Office of State Auditor, and its current occupant Josh Gallion has been heating up.

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The War On The Auditor's Office Heats Up

Listen now (81 min) | In the audio above, you will hear two hours of a conversation with State Auditor Josh Gallion on KFYR radio. This session, as has been the case for the last two sessions - constant legislative attacks on the office of auditor over the fact that he uses the office to protect taxpayers have taken center stage of the session…

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3 years ago · 2 likes · Dustin Gawrylow

But records show that prior to Gallion’s time in the office, some legislators were already gunning for changes to the duties of the state auditor.

According to interim meeting minutes of the Legislative Audit and Fiscal Review Committee on October 13th, 2016…

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