How is Minnehaha County Auditor Bob Litz doing?
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Before we start talking about Litz, I first want to post a correction about Dick Kelly and Pat K. hanging out in the Auditor’s office election night. This is perfectly LEGAL as long as it is after the polls have closed (though I don’t agree with it). Sorry, I was technically wrong, but you were ethically wrong.
I have been hearing quite a few grumblings about Mr. Litz and his job performance. It is no secret that former auditor Roust did a very good job of training her employees, but obviously, you can only train your employees so much, and you certainly would not show them how to do your job, what’s the point? She took her job seriously, that means educating herself on new procedures and training her employees. That’s what a responsible manager does. The buck must also stop on the auditor’s desk. That means if one of the auditor’s office employees makes a mistake because of lack of training, that is on the auditor’s head. I know that some of these employees have expressed frustration with Litz’s ‘management’ style, or lack thereof. When employees in the auditor’s office don’t have faith in their boss, this can be counterproductive to having smooth elections.
I do know that in the municipal election, running out of ballots was not good, and a little bit inexcusable (still waiting for the SOS to do a proper investigation). When their printer (B & S) delivers the ballots, they are delivered to the auditor’s office, not to a school district employee’s van. Rumor has it that the city, the school district and the auditor’s office don’t work well together, some within city government might even want him to personally fail, which I think is ridiculous. As a public servant citizens should always come first, whether you think the auditor is total loser or not, should not matter, when it comes to elections and voting, the strong public servants should always help the weaker links. I see this as an underlying problem, because if Litz fails, it hurts us more then it hurts him. Kiss and make up.
Secondly, I do know that auditor employees had to call Roust for advice primary night because Litz did not have the answer. They can only rely on this for so long. Eventually Roust is going to stop answering her phone since she no longer holds that office, she has no reason to educate herself anymore on election procedures. That is what Litz is supposed to be doing, and passing that info to his employees.
I do know that Litz had mentioned to several people while he was running for the job that he was only going to be a ‘manager’ and his employees would handle all the details. Sorry Bob, if voter’s just wanted a ‘manager’, we would just hire one for a lot less money. You are an elected official that gets paid very well, you need to educate yourself and do the job well, otherwise this may be just a temp job for you.
