Betsy Schaffer is the best choice for county auditor-controller.
My name is Jim McClure, and I spent almost 30 years in the Navy as a supply corps officer and have an MBA from Stanford. After retiring as a captain in the Navy, I began a second 20-year career in county government, first as a division chief in the auditor-controller department, then moved on to budget director in the CEO's office and then became assistant to the elected clerk-recorder-assessor. I brought to Bob Geis, the county auditor that first hired me, the Deming management concepts I was introduced to as commanding officer of the Naval supply center in Hawaii. Mr. Geis and many others in the office adopted those management philosophies, and it led to a modernization of the auditor-controller's office, a new financial system, and a performance-based budget.
Betsy Schaffer is well trained in Deming management and a diligent professionally licensed certified public accountant (CPA). She is also a brilliant analyst of how to improve processes and performance. She is a good leader of people, a key to managing 50 staff positions. A couple of things unique about the auditor-controller's office is that it serves many agencies like schools, cities, special districts, and the county. It is a complex job and requires that you have a very strong theoretical background in accounting and auditing. It also helps that she is a budget expert and a systems expert.
Betsy Schaffer is, by far, the most qualified candidate to oversee and manage the highly technical work of the auditor's office. Please join me June 5 in voting for her as the next auditor-controller.
