Rep. Kelley's office just called to inform me that the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee will be holding a hearing on 17 February at 12:00 Noon in the Cherburg Building, Senate Hearing Room 4. During this hearing they will be going over the crab performance audit with the State Auditor's Office (probably among other business before the Committee). I was also informed that there will be an opportunity for very brief input from citizens; 2 minutes or less. I was not provided any specific schedule for this hearing so I do not know when this particular audit will be addressed.

Rather than try to squeeze all of my comments into that two minutes I will be sending each of the members an email with my concerns and then refer to that correspondence at the hearing. That approach also helps me stay on point and take the edge off of my frustrations so as to allow the committee to focus on the issues. These folks are hopefully part of the solution rather than the enemy so best to not offend them. Rep. Kelley has been very responsive to me on this matter.

Here is the link to the membership of this committee:

http://www.leg.wa.gov/JLARC/Pages/members.aspx


By the way, as of this 10:20 A.M. this morning the performance audit of the Delayed Release Chinook program has still not been released. Uff Da!

You can monitor the State Auditor's Office audit issuances at:

http://www.sao.wa.gov/EN/Audits/Pages/Search/AuditReportSearch.aspx

If you wish to read the crab audit access it through the above link using its audit number of 36986.

Larry B.
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Remember to immediately record your catch or you may become the catch!

It's the person who has done nothing who is sure nothing can be done. (Ewing)