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Omaha Steve

(99,653 posts) Sun Sep 16, 2018, 09:03 AM Sep 2018

Nebraska Democrats demand that Auditor Janssen resign; others say position should be appointed

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Paul Hammel

LINCOLN — Nebraska Democrats stepped up the pressure on State Auditor Charlie Janssen, calling on him to resign and to repay taxpayers for the time “he wasted while sitting in a bar drinking beer.”

On Saturday, state Democratic Party Chair Jane Kleeb also criticized Janssen’s fellow Republican officeholder Gov. Pete Ricketts for not asking the state auditor to quit.

“This is outrageous,” Kleeb said. “This is coming from the Republican Party, which used the tag line ‘drain the swamp’ in the last election cycle. Yet Charlie Janssen is the poster child for the swamp.”

Janssen has been under fire since Friday, when The World-Herald reported that he had a pattern of late arrivals at work, short stays at his State Capitol office and long lunches involving beer drinking during work hours at a Lincoln sports bar.

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Nebraska State Auditor Charlie Janssen

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Nebraska Democrats demand that Auditor Janssen resign; others say position should be appointed (Original Post) Omaha Steve Sep 2018 OP

Rather than fire him, most Repugs will probably copy him rurallib Sep 2018 #1

Three-hour two pitcher lunches and Fridays off sounds like the best $85K job ever. Algernon Moncrieff Sep 2018 #2

rurallib

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1. Rather than fire him, most Repugs will probably copy him

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2018, 09:39 AM

Sep 2018

Where would he get such an idea that this would be OK?
Maybe from Benedict Donald who spends his time either watch Fox and tweeting or on a golf course?

Algernon Moncrieff

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2. Three-hour two pitcher lunches and Fridays off sounds like the best $85K job ever.

Reply to Omaha Steve (Original post)

Sun Sep 16, 2018, 01:45 PM

Sep 2018

The only reason that people are calling for an appointed auditor is that a Democrat might win, and that could make investigations far more illuminating (although I believe the rank & file staff are pretty much just auditors doing their job).

That said, I agree that the job: a) should be appointed and b) approved by 3/5 of the "non-partisan" unicam and that c) the individual should be a designated CPA or CIA or JD and d) the individual should have dual reporting to the state Treasurer and the State's Attorney/AG - not to the governor. The auditor should also have the authority to take matters directly to the grand jury.

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