What is the deal with Tunica County’s audit? Has anyone been able to get a copy of the
audit for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2014? (That is not a typo – 2014! – most counties
are working on this year’s audit – not still worrying about last year’s audit.) Links to the audits for 2011, 2012 and 2013
are contained below. No audit has been
posted by the State Auditor since Michael Thompson took over as Tunica County
Administrator. That should be troubling
to most taxpayers. Looking at the audits
that are available (2012 & 2013) along with the approved budgets that
are available (2014 & 2015), it appears that the current Board has voted to
spend over $100,000,000! We need true
transparency about where this money has gone.
The 2011 audit shows the County General Fund had over
$11,000,000 of total assets and the Road Fund had over $6,000,000 of total
assets. Looking at 2013’s audit (after the current Board had been in office for about 2 years) – the General
Fund was down by about $4,500,000 and the Road Fund was down over 50% to under
$3,000,000. Where did this $7,500,000 go? The last official audited numbers
are over 2 years old – is that acceptable in the “age of technology?” Shouldn’t we be asking why there is not a
current audit? Is Williams, Pitts &
Beard the problem? Or, are the County Administrator
and his staff not providing Williams, Pitts & Beard accurate information?
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