State Auditor Diana DiZoglio is making her battle with the Legislature private, elevating questions on whether or not she’s pursuing her audit as political vendetta.
DiZoglio has taken to X in current days to vent in regards to the Legislature’s refusal to open its books as required by a poll query handed by voters.
Legislators dared her to take the bait, and DiZoglio complied – making it appear to be the battle was not merely about an audit, however about revenge. She is even resorting to all caps to make her factors.
“Listed here are the 4 Senators answerable for conducting a personality assassination of me, and my workplace, as a result of they’re completely frightened of dealing with a decide in court docket relating to your 72% voter authorized audit legislation,” DiZoglio wrote. “Please message @PaulFeeneyMA, @CindyFriedmanMA, @Jo_Comerford & @WBrownsberger who lately made the cowardly option to browbeat skilled audit staffers, telling them that I, as your ELECTED Auditor, shouldn’t be allowed to audit the Legislature as a result of I used to work there (and due to this fact know the place to look).”
DiZoglio’s tangle with the 4 Massachusetts senators escalated after they criticized her on social media and questioned whether or not her audit might be goal as a result of she was a state senator herself and is a former Home member.
Sen. Cindy Friedman stated it was a “slippery slope” to audit the Legislature as a result of it gave the manager department an excessive amount of energy.
“I allow you to do one factor, do you do the following? We don’t know,” Friedman wrote.
DiZoglio shot again: “I problem these Senators to make their hypocritical case in court docket the place I frankly can’t wait to fulfill them. Trying ahead to discussing how the Legislature audits the manager department however calls it unconstitutional when the manager department conducts an audit of the Legislature in return after being mandated to take action by 72% of the voters…Seems that mendacity to 72% of taxpayers is figuring out higher for legislators who appear to be relishing within the data that they get to proceed to interrupt the legislation so long as @MassAGO refuses to implement it.”
The prolonged screed from DiZoglio additionally drew in Lawyer Common Andrea Campbell, who currently has been getting hit with shrapnel from her assaults on the Legislature.
Is it a very good transfer going after particular person senators like this, and dragging within the prime legislation enforcer within the state? How then can she say her audit is truthful and neutral?
She’s primarily confirming it’s political revenge.
DiZoglio clearly has the help of the general public in her battle with the Legislature however dangers shedding it by taking the lawmakers’ bait.
It could be time for her to ratchet down the rhetoric, and easily do her job pushing the audit, which the folks help.
