It remains unclear why Kootenai County Clerk Jim Brannon wants the commissioners to authorize a forensic audit of the county fair’s finances and operations.

Brannon, who is attending a clerks conference in Kellogg this week, was not present Tuesday when the matter came up on a commissioners’ meeting agenda, just days before the start of the North Idaho State Fair.

Discussion of the subject was postponed until after the fair.

Brannon's request for a deeper look at the fair's operations comes on the heels of an internal audit performed by the clerk’s office earlier this year that raised concerns about how money is being handled by fair staff, but no one has said anything criminal has occurred/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene Press. More here.

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