I don't see why you think the comptroller is the "perp" here and/or "the local accountant." (Unless by the "local accountant", you actually mean the county CFO, who was the real problem here.) The comptroller generally controls the treasury. During the PBS investigation, the comptroller answered the proper questions about what money was spent -- the comptroller is what helped to discover the problem here.

The "perp" is David Miller -- the county's CFO -- who did weird accounting things, paid everything late, and was not qualified to hold the position as he didn't have the proper credentials (and never even applied to get them)!

There may be other "perps" in the end -- since other county officials were apparently aware of the problems -- but I don't see why you are blaming the state comptroller here.

David Miller basically told people that paying millions in late charges to the IRS was "part of doing business." The guy had no idea what he was doing and was kept there for over a decade doing that stuff. Sounds like the entire county office is pretty messed up.

But I don't get why you are blaming the wrong people... The county officials -- who should have known this was going on -- are blaming the comptroller for making the information public! They wanted to keep it private and said that it was "under control" because they were doing their own investigation.

You seem to be mad at the wrong people here, Ally...