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.
The Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. has shelled out nearly $2.2 million for an army of 19 law firms and lobbyists over the past five years in an effort to
Because of efforts within Hardwick s office, the loss of more than $114,000 in public money was discovered, drawing the involvement of the state Comptroller s Office as well as local law