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To Ill vote No\/. 4t~ STATE AUDITOR I Paid for by Friends of Tom Wagner I Friends of Tom Wagner Hrst-Cia.-is ~,;Jaii P.O . Box 791 Presorted Dover, DE 19903 CSPosta~ Keep PAID Wilmington. DE State Auditor R. Thomas Wagner Permit Ko. 1858 CFE, CGFM, CICA Demonstrated Independence Tom Wagner is the last line of defense against one-party government. Since July 2013 Jorn Wagner Identified; • $1.9 million in fraud, waste, and abuse • $2 million in unclaimed federal reimbursements • More than $18 million in audit findings and cost savings "As State Auditor, I'll fight to ensure our state government and public schools spend your tax dollars effectively. You work hard for your money and you deserve an Auditor who will work just as hard to protect it." - BRENDA MA YRACK '·. __.,., ·.; 0328914M ,, . .,,._., -----~ ,,. ' The no-nonsense auditor we need to protect our tax dollars. BRENDA HAS THE RIGHT EXPERIENCE ... "Brenda will reform Wilmington attorney with a solo law practice the Auditor's office focused on auditing and audit defense. and eliminate wasteful Tech entrepreneur. practices from state University of Delaware honors graduate with government. a law degree and masters in government management from the University of Wisconsin. Delaware families need a tough but fair ... TO FIGHT FOR DELAWARE'S TAXPAYERS. ally like Brenda Push agencies to improve performance and get fighting to protect better results for you and your family. taxpayer dollars." Leave politics at the door and focus on what's not working in Dover with a fair audit plan. - CONGRESSMAN JOHN CARNEY Modernize the Auditor's office and ensure it has (FORMER LT. the resources to get the job done. GOVERNOR AND Improve whistleblower protections for state SECRET ARY OF FINANCE) employees who report waste, fraud, and abuse. On Tuesday, November 4th, vote Brenda Mayrack for STATE AUDITOR 302-635-0774 • www.mayrack.com PAID FOR BY MAYRACK FOR AUDITOR ® """ U N BRENDA MAYRACK. The Auditor THE MAYRACK PLAN Transforming how we combat we need to waste, fraud and abuse. protect v Establish a Fraud Audit Division that will proactively seek out Delaware's cost-saving measures within state government. tax dollars. v Require the state to cross refer~nce databases to find fraud. Middle-class values. v Use technology to improve how The right experience. whistleblowers report suspected An owner of a law firm specializing fraud, securely and confidentially. in audits and a former Prof. James R. v Focus on performance audits to Soles Fellow at the Center for Public identify cost savings and hold Integrity, Brenda Mayrack will bring agencies accountable. no-nonsense expertise to the Auditor's office to ensure our tax dollars are spent responsibly. On November 4th, vote erenda k Mairac 08 State Auditor www.mayrack.com PAID FOR BY MAYRACK FOR AUDITOR P.O. BOX 30828 PRESORTED STANDARD WILMINGTON, DE 19805 U.S. POSTAGE PAID Ne.bra.ska BCD SYSTEMS Last year, Nebraska's State Auditor completed 114 audits Pwillliii ~=~~~~ in-house ... with a smaller budget than Delaware's. Delaware State Auditor Tom Wagner completed just 7 audits in-house. What exactly is Tom Wagner doing to ·~ ,. -~~ law~rffs: Auditor FY 2013 budget was $3,950,300 ($2,721,700 General Funa; $1,228,600 Appropriated Special Funds). Source: Delaware State Budget 2013, protect our tax dollars? Not much. www.budget.delaware.gov/fy2013/operating/op_sb260.pdf, at page 14, line 20. Nebraska's State Auditor FY 2013 budget was $3,518,943 ($2,184,391 General Funds; $1,334,552 in Cash (equivalent to Appropriated Special Funds). Source: Nebraska State Budget, 2013: www.nebraskalegislature.gov/pdf/reports/fiscal/2013budget.pdf, at page 87, item 10, first column. Nebraska's State Auditor's staff completed 114 in-house audits in Fiscal Year 2013 (July 1, 2012 to June 30, 2013). Source: www.nebraska.gov/auditor/FileSearch/years.cgi. De.\a~are. , Delaware's State Auditor's staff completed 7 audits in Fiscal Year 2013 (July 1, 2012 to June 30 , 2013); outside contractors comRleted 50. Source: www.auditor.delaware.gov/reports.shtml PAID FOR BY MAYRACK FOR AUDITOR P.O. BOX 30828 PRESORTED WILMINGTON, DE 19805 STANDARD U.S. POSTAGE PAID BCD SYSTEMS "I won't let politics stand in the way of protecting Delaware's tax dollars." "The State Auditor's office The kind of no-nonsense should have one mission - to experience we need. A plan to guard against waste, fraud, and combat waste, fraud, and abuse. abuse in our state government. Tom Wagner has crossed the A lawyer specializing in audits and a former Prof. James R. Soles Fellow at the Center for line. The State Auditor must be On November 4th, vote Public Integrity, Brenda Mayrack will: above politics. His office lags • Establish a fraud audit division that will proactively seek far behind other states - out cost-saving measures within state government. erenda k completing merely a handful • Require the state to cross-reference databases to find M of in-house audits a year. fraud. ~ airac If elected as State Auditor, 111111 • Use technology to improve how whistleblowers report State Auditor I will work only for the suspected fraud , securely and confidentially. ' taxpayers to get the job done • Focus on performance audits to identify cost savings 08 efficiently and honestly." and hold ag encies accountable . www.mayrack.com 8) ~44-N~ 0498G14M Suppression of evidence. Conflicts of interest. We just can't rely on : I State·Auditor TOM WAGNER to get the job done right. The New~ournal 4/24/ 11 • In 2010, a staff auditor in Wagner's office launched an investigation ;~ Wagner suppressed report criticizing powerful friend into illegal no-bid public contracts managed by a top Republican leader in the State Legislature. Wagner then fired the auditor. The New~ournal 4/2s111 The investigation stalled. Report says kickback probe wasn't pursued • An outside audit determined that Wagner's office failed to adequately The New~ournal 6/26/11 investigate allegations of contract kickbacks. Wagner backs [legislator] for job • Wagner helped the legislator find a new job during the investigation. The New~ournal 6/30/11 • State legislators asked Public Integrity Commission to investigate Legislators target Wagner's efforts to help the legislator and suppress the audit. auditor CHECK THE FACTS: THE NEWS-JOURNAL: 4/24/2011, 4/28/2011, 6/26/2011, 6/27/2011, 6/30/2011. .