Fazzini announces candidacy for McLean County Auditor

Posted on October 14, 2019
Rob Fazzini made the announcement Monday at Lucca Grill in Downtown Bloomington. (Neil Doyle/WJBC)

 

By Neil Doyle

BLOOMINGTON – A Bloomington Democrat has announced his candidacy for McLean County Auditor.

Rob Fazzini, 79, a former Bloomington City Council Alderman and retired banker, made the announcement Monday at Lucca Grill in Downtown Bloomington.

Fazzini said his goal is to change the auditor position from elected to appointed by the County Administrator.

“There are 102 counties in Illinois, only 16 have an elected auditor,” said Fazzini.  “One of my goals is to help Illinois reduce the number of units of government.”

Fazzini said the auditor should work around 30-hours-per-week and make $75,000. He said if elected he’ll donate $25,000 of the current $100,324 auditor salary to local organizations.

Fazzini said his announcement doesn’t coincide with the current dispute between Auditor Michelle Anderson and Treasurer Rebecca McNeil, both Republicans.

“If someone is an experienced and mature executive, you can be auditor on the other side of things and still have respect for people, that seems to be missing at the current time,” Fazzini said.  “I don’t think you do a better job when you antagonize everybody, you do a better job when you have respect for each other.”

The County Board’s Finance Committee will meet in special session Monday to address the issues about bookkeeping.

Neil Doyle can be reached at [email protected]

 

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