To no avail, accountant advises state’s lawmakers

The West Union outside auditor, Michael McGuinn, told the mayor and council that, in spite of claims made by state lawmakers, the promise of a surplus of state monies is wrongheaded.  McGuinn says the lawmakers have failed to properly fund the state’s retirement system and the resulting pension liability is eating up the black-and-white of the state budget.  But McGuinn says his protestations to the legislators are not getting through.