Legislature to Investigate Job Training Salaries

Legislators will begin investigating the Central Iowa Employment and Training Consortium tomorrow after top officers were found to have received “excessive” salaries.

State Auditor David Vaudt told the AP that the state may be responsible for repayment to the federal government of $1.8 million.

The agency’s board members say they didn’t know where the money was going, while Des Moines City Councilman Archie Brooks told the Register that a stroke prevented him from taking care of the matter: 

“My memory is not what it was. The government knows that. They pay me for it. I lose thought. I lose mind. I lose names. I can’t use that as an excuse. Did I not keep track of the records? Did I not keep a running total on my desk? No. Was I the only person authorized to sign? Yes.”

I don’t even know what to make of all this. A line from Casablanca springs to mind though. We’ll see. 

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