Professor Elam

Weekend Nov 2 2014

Gillespie County, Fredricksburg, Tax Assessor Marissa Weinheimer came up $90,000 short in her collections. INterestingly no fraud is involved, just Poor Accounting Procedures.

County Officials are covered by a $100,000 bond and will seek to collect on it. Frankly that strikes me as a woefully small bond. Dawson Forensic Group was hired to publish a report.

The current Tax Collector has worked in that office for 28 yeras. I do not see any mention of any certification on her part. 

Sadly county government is more of a popularity or poilitical contest than a choice of qualifications. 

This points up the need for internal and external auditing. One wonders where the external auditor was in all of this.