[mountainlion]

A recent audit of the Governor’s Energy Office found that a shocking $252 million in taxpayer funds, spent over the past 6 years, can’t be accounted for. Yet when Statehouse Republicans recently sought a second, deeper look by the auditor, in an effort to solve the mystery of where those funds have gone, Democrats killed the proposal cold, leaving the taxpayers in the dark about what’s really going on in the office.

That’s unacceptable, and Americans for Prosperity-Colorado doesn’t intend to take “no” for an answer. Our online petition - click here to sign - calls on all lawmakers, and on Gov. John Hickenlooper, to initiate a prompt, comprehensive, no-limits investigation of Energy Office operations, expenditures and bookkeeping practices, so Coloradans can be sure that whatever’s gone wrong in the office is publicly disclosed and promptly corrected.

Fully accounting for taxpayer money isn’t a partisan issue. Democrats should be as interested as Republicans are in getting a full accounting of Energy Office operations – as should the governor himself. Blocking a second audit simply deepens public suspicions that something scandalous is going on.

[old curmudgeon]

Sue for fraud, malfeasance or whatever the law allows.

That brings the powers of discovery which gives huge power to dig into every nook and cranny.

If you have secrets, civil suit is far more to be feared than a criminal charge because of the many restrictions the courts have put on criminal prosecutors, investigators, etc.