Erie County Clerk Michael "Mickey" Kearns and Comptroller Kevin Hardwick agree that the Clerk s Office needs to hire more people to provide better financial oversight, after an audit uncovered missing
The changes come in the aftermath of an audit released this summer by Comptroller Kevin Hardwick that indicated the likelihood of fraud being committed by someone within the office.
Erie County Clerk Michael "Mickey" Kearns said he has suspended an employee in his office and that the State Comptroller s Office is expanding the scope of Erie County s audit, which
"That question about public funds in the second allegation, I explained to Poloncarz, is what made recent developments worthy of public attention – and publication," Charlie Specht writes.
Michael "Mickey" Kearns contends that he welcomed County Comptroller Kevin Hardwick s staff to do that audit and that he co-signed the letter to Sheriff John Garcia asking for his office