AuntyM -- It is my understanding that the SAO actually paid the contractor MGT out of the General Fund and not WDFW (original contract approved up to $440,000 and the invoices I have seen are within $4,000 of the approved amount). Is there any way to find out whether or not that is true, partially true, partially false, or just plain false??? I also understand that the SAO had 5 highly paid FTE's in the SAO complete the audit. Again, any way to confirm and the number and time duration they spent. You know me by now, I want to total up the damages and broadcast brodcast broadcast until the next election cycle.

Also as reported (verbally) last night, the SAO auditors had multiple follow ups with WDFW Shellfish staff, and each time the questions seemed to focus on Rationales for Allocations. That seemed to worry Childress quite a bit as well as it should.