Auditor general takes heat over campaign spending questions

Posted on May 8, 2016
Some lawmakers are questioning some of Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino's campaign expenses while he was in the Illinois Senate. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)
Some lawmakers are questioning some of Illinois Auditor General Frank Mautino’s campaign expenses while he was in the Illinois Senate. (Photo courtesy www.ilga.gov)

By Farm Week Now/WFMB

SPRINGFIELD – He may have sailed to confirmation as Illinois Auditor General but now former state lawmaker Frank Mautino is starting to feel some heat.

A group of Republican lawmakers is demanding Mautino answer questions about his campaign spending as a legislator. State Rep. Grant Wehrli, R-Naperville, said the time for waiting is over.

“It has been 100 days since some of these stories broke about his campaign spending and we have sent two previous letters that were answered with a request for more time,” Wehrli said. “The time is now for auditor general Mautino to step forward and explain his questionable campaign expense and accounting practices under his now closed accounts.”

The Illinois Times reported Mautino spent more than $200,000 for gas and vehicle repairs over a decade and the Better Government Association learned he repaid bank loans in an amount far in excess of the amount he borrowed.

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