Full Podcast: https://lovethenorth.ca/article/260911-sudbury-election-miranda-rocca-circelli-mayor Sudbury Mayoral Candidate Miranda Rocca-Circelli says one of the biggest accountability gaps at City Hall is the loss of the **Auditor General’s office**. She explains that the Auditor General was meant to operate independently from City staff and investigate more than just spending. The office could also look at processes, policies, bylaws and allegations of wrongdoing — giving citizens somewhere to go when they believed something needed to be reviewed. That matters when taxpayers start asking questions like: Where did the money go? Why did a project cost more than expected? Was the proper process followed? Is there documentation to support what residents are being told? Rocca-Circelli says the Auditor General could access information directly and investigate without the same barriers an ordinary citizen may face when trying to obtain records. The findings could then be brought back to council, creating another layer of independent oversight. Without that office, she argues that citizens have fewer options when they want municipal spending or decisions independently examined. And that is really the bigger issue. **Residents should not have to become investigators themselves just to understand how their tax dollars are being spent.** When City Hall is making decisions involving hundreds of millions of public dollars, taxpayers should have access to clear numbers, documentation and an independent body capable of asking difficult questions. Rocca-Circelli’s position is that restoring the Auditor General would help put that watchdog back in place. **Transparency is not simply telling taxpayers what was spent. It is giving them a way to verify it.** #Sudbury #MirandaRoccaCircelli #AuditorGeneral #TaxpayerDollars #Accountability #Transparency #CityHall #MunicipalSpending #GreaterSudbury #LoveTheNorth