Daniel Walters and Young Kwak photos Mayor Nadine Woodward brought in a third party the state auditor s office to look into concerns that involved her former opponent, Ben Stuckart. Yet the auditors never actually talked to Stuckart during their inquiry. M
ayor Nadine Woodward and then-City Administrator Wes Crago didn t technically call it an investigation when they announced that they d be hiring a third-party fact-finder at a February 2020 press conference. But while discussing potential wrongdoing in the city s Community Housing and Human Services department, they certainly made it sound like a big deal. The inquiry would dig into conflicts of interest, departmental procedures, financial accountability and whether inappropriate pressure, real or perceived, had been placed on the city staff.