State Auditor Diana DiZoglio is making her battle with the Legislature private, elevating questions on whether or not she’s pursuing her audit as political vendetta.
DiZoglio has taken to X in latest days to vent concerning the Legislature’s refusal to open its books as required by a poll query handed by voters.
Legislators dared her to take the bait, and DiZoglio complied – making it appear to be the battle was not merely about an audit, however about revenge. She is even resorting to all caps to make her factors.
“Here are the four Senators responsible for conducting a character assassination of me, and my office, because they’re absolutely terrified of facing a judge in court regarding your 72% voter approved audit law,” DiZoglio wrote. “Please message @PaulFeeneyMA, @CindyFriedmanMA, @Jo_Comerford & @WBrownsberger who recently made the cowardly choice to browbeat professional audit staffers, telling them that I, as your ELECTED Auditor, shouldn’t be allowed to audit the Legislature because I used to work there (and therefore know where to look).”
DiZoglio’s tangle with the 4 Massachusetts senators escalated after they criticized her on social media and questioned whether or not her audit might be goal as a result of she was a state senator herself and is a former Home member.
Sen. Cindy Friedman stated it was a “slippery slope” to audit the Legislature as a result of it gave the chief department an excessive amount of energy.
“I let you do one thing, do you do the next? We don’t know,” Friedman wrote.
DiZoglio shot again: “I challenge these Senators to make their hypocritical case in court where I frankly can’t wait to meet them. Looking forward to discussing how the Legislature audits the executive branch but calls it unconstitutional when the executive branch conducts an audit of the Legislature in return after being mandated to do so by 72% of the electorate…Turns out that lying to 72% of taxpayers is working out better for legislators who seem to be relishing in the knowledge that they get to continue to break the law as long as @MassAGO refuses to enforce it.”
The prolonged screed from DiZoglio additionally drew in Legal professional Basic Andrea Campbell, who recently has been getting hit with shrapnel from her assaults on the Legislature.
Is it a very good transfer going after particular person senators like this, and dragging within the high regulation enforcer within the state? How then can she say her audit is truthful and neutral?
She’s basically confirming it’s political revenge.
DiZoglio clearly has the help of the general public in her battle with the Legislature however dangers dropping it by taking the lawmakers’ bait.
It may be time for her to ratchet down the rhetoric, and easily do her job pushing the audit, which the individuals help.
