Re: G-town Loop to face a state audit...

RichB Wrote:
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> What's to comment about?
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> First it has to happen.

Rich is right -- the audit has to happen first. The title of this thread is incorrect; the "Face the State" article's title is "Georgetown Railroad May Face State Audit". "May Face" has a very different meaning than the "To Face" phrasing that Jeff Badger choose to use in his thread title.

Also, note the opening paragraph of the "Face the State" article:

State Rep. Victor Mitchell, R- Castle Rock, has told Face the State he is likely to request that State Auditor Sally Symanski investigate waste and operational concerns at the Georgetown Loop Railroad.

This paragraph says that a State Representative *may* ask for an audit. Even if that Representative does decide to actually ask for an audit, AFAIK there is no requirement that the State Auditor follow through and actually do the audit.

Futhermore, assume a random group of staff accountants were to do an audit of the CHS. Assume they have no technical knowledge of boilers, steam locomotives or railroading. What do you think they would find?

My personal guess is that an audit would conclude:
(1) The CHS did, indeed, follow all the appropriate state procument laws.
(2) That the vendor(s) are to blame.

Search the NGDF archives from two and three years ago. You will find posts from Skip and/or other GLRR, Inc. railroaders that predicted that Railstar would eventually get scapegoated.

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