CALHOUN TAXPAYERS WILL NOT PAY FOR AUDIT - Supreme Court Relieves Magistrate Audit

(06/18/2002)
The West Virginia Supreme Court notified the Calhoun Commission yesterday, Calhoun taxpayers would not be responsible for paying a $27,000 audit done on Magistrate Steve Johnson's office. The bill was issued by State Auditor Glen Gainer III.

The $27,000 bill was sent to the Commission last month for an investigative audit, after the court learned about alleged discrepancies last October. Johnson has resigned and moved to South Carolina.

Commissioners sent a letter to the Supreme Court asking for relief.