Potential-Village-61 t1_je85cq9 wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:34 AM

Reply to comment by andrewb610 in 'Wholly unnecessary': Mass. House speaker says he will not comply with state auditor's legislative probe by throwsplasticattrees

if her budget and pay shrivel for that reason then the people of Massachusetts should march. It is still the people's government .....or is it? Wake up Massachusetts.

andrewb610 t1_je880am wrote on March 30, 2023 at 2:56 AM

You’re absolutely right. I’m not saying the legislature should respond that way, but the way things work is that the legislature writes the laws that tell the auditor what authority the position has and doesn’t have. Usually the executive branch can have oversight from the legislative branch, not the other way around.

What I haven’t yet found, which could change my opinion entirely, is the law providing for the powers of the state auditor. If the legislature gave the auditor power to audit them then case closed for the auditor. If not, then the speaker is right.