KARK Story on Lottery Auditor Resignation
KARK-4 has a quick story about the resignation of Michael Hyde, the lottery’s internal auditor. Click here to watch it.
KARK-4 has a quick story about the resignation of Michael Hyde, the lottery’s internal auditor. Click here to watch it.
Back in March, the lottery’s internal auditor, Michael Hyde, raised questions about the validity of a contract between the lottery and Scientific Games. Hyde discovered that former lottery director Ernie Passailaigue had unilaterally amended the contract without going through the proper channels. This has cost Arkansas more than $7 million.
Now the same auditor who discovered this mismanagement by Passailaigue has resigned. At this point, it isn’t known why Hyde has quit his job, however, it appears that he was doing his job very well. Let’s hope his replacement is just as capable.
Nic Horton with The Arkansas Project has been covering Rep. Nate Bell’s lottery scholarship reform proposal for over a week. Click here to read his interview with Rep. Bell on this issue and here for his interview with Professor Robert Steinbuch at UALR, who seems to generally support an accountability approach like one Bell is proposing.