Yesterday the News Journal printed an editorial on the Wagner/Cathcart situation. The NJ believes questions remain and that Wagner and Cathcart need to explain the situation. Check out Wagner’s defense:
More serious, however, is the appearance that Auditor Wagner was withholding the results of the audit — now close to 18 months old — to protect fellow Republican and then-House Minority Leader Richard Cathcart. Auditor Wagner insists he did no such thing, even doubting whether Mr. Cathcart even voted for him in last year’s election.
Auditor Wagner says the quality control review of the audit conducted by former Deputy Auditor Robert Hicks will show “significant problems” with the audit that will explain the reason for the delay.
“Anytime you do an investigation, it can be blown out of proportion, as [Mr. Hicks] is obviously attempting to do in this case,” Auditor Wagner told News Journal reporter Wade Malcolm.
Wagner’s defense is twofold: Cathcart and I aren’t that right (he may not have voted for me) and that Mr. Hicks is a drama queen. That defense is pretty lame. Notice how he doesn’t address the heart of the issue? Hey, Tom Wagner, did you suppress the report or not? The people of Delaware deserve to know.