City's acting controller rejects call for audit Mr. Pokora, who lost to Mr. Lamb in the May Democratic primary, said he has invited his erstwhile rival to visit the office several times since then. Mr. Lamb, he said, hasn't taken him up on it.What a joke.
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
City's acting controller rejects call for audit
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City's acting controller rejects call for audit
Wednesday, November 07, 2007
By Rich Lord, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pittsburgh's acting controller today rejected a call for an audit of his office during the two months before Controller-elect Michael Lamb takes office.
"We're actually audited yearly by the firm that does the [city's] annual report," said Acting Controller Tony Pokora, whose tenure runs through the year's end. "I would not entertain an audit during the last two months that I'm here. He's got four years here. Let him do it."
Mr. Lamb, who will continue to serve as Allegheny County prothonotary until the end of this year, said Tuesday that he wants the city or the state-appointed Intergovernmental Cooperation Authority to pay for an audit of the controller's office that would be done by an accounting firm this year. Mr. Lamb was not immediately available to respond to Mr. Pokora's comments.
Mr. Pokora, who lost to Mr. Lamb in the May Democratic primary, said he has invited his erstwhile rival to visit the office several times since then. Mr. Lamb, he said, hasn't taken him up on it.
"He's coming out and saying, 'I'm going to do an audit' in the newspapers," Mr. Pokora complained. "That's not a proper thing to do."
He said the state regularly audits some functions of the Controller's Office, Common Pleas Judge R. Stanton Wettick Jr. ordered a top-to-bottom review of personnel and functions as part of a recent court fight, and the Government Finance Officers Association has given the office a certificate of achievement for 16 years in a row.
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