McHenry County Blog

The heat is approaching the temperature outside for the Huntley School District 158 Board of Education.

The lone minority board member, Larry Snow, called for a forensic audit, but it was shot down by the Majority Six.

“Huntley School District 158 Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Forensic Audit” was the title of my article on the Majority Six’s summary rejection.

That is not what one might assume if one read the outside auditor’s management letter.

Not to mention what he said to the Board in an open meeting:

I just want you to know that people could easily be stealing money from the district.

Then, a crook appeared in the payroll department. The Daily Herald found someone who said $8-10,000 was missing. As in probably stolen.

Now, the Daily Herald is editorially calling for a forensic audit as the “best way to clear 158 decks.”

What else will work for a district where “taxpayers and officials have likely felt they stepped into the world of ‘what can go wrong has gone wrong’ during the past two years,” it editorially suggests.

Some think that the only way to “clear the decks” is to make sure the Majority Six is not in absolute control after next April’s school board elections. It would be nice if Larry Snow had someone who would second his motion for a forensic audit.