![]() People on both sides of the political aisle told me that the bill is a blatantly partisan move meant to defang the last remaining Democrat in a statewide elected position. Iowa Republicans passed a bill in March limiting the auditor’s access to information, against the Democrat’s loud objections, and the governor is expected to sign it soon. Sand has spent the past two months practically begging people to care about his job. “And it usually has to do with where money’s going or whether people are following the rules.” But the little girl wasn’t listening anymore. “Auditing, well, it’s about finding the truth,” he told her, crouching down. ![]() At one point, a little girl with braids approached him cautiously: “What’s auditing?” she asked. Sand had packed only a stack of fliers, and for an hour, the rail-thin auditor stood alone while most of the children gave him a wide berth. All the other adults had brought props: the man from the bathroom-remodeling company handed out yellow rubber ducks, a local doctor let the kids poke and prod a model heart, and an engineer showed off a long, silly-looking tube that had something to do with the mass production of hot dogs. ![]() It was career day at Samuelson Elementary School in Des Moines, and Rob Sand had assembled a table in the gymnasium alongside a dozen other grown-ups with jobs. T he third graders were not interested in meeting the state auditor. ![]()
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