Boulder-Springs, special to the Journal  Last night, it an eight to one decision, the Boulder-Springs county commissioners fired the county's entire internal audit staff of five people.

"They were digging into things that were none of their business," said an unnamed commissioner (who by the way is under indictment for real estate fraud involving land around the new airport.) "They were looking at policies and procedures. We hired them to look for people who were stealing from us, not to dig around in management affairs."

When asked what expectations the commission had of the audit staff, the same source replied, "They were supposed to look into stuff like employees stealing pens, and using county vehicles for personal business. They didn't find any of that, and what they did find is much better kept under the rug."

When asked for clarification, our source simply replied, "no comment."

The Journal has not been allowed to talk to any of the fired staff members under the guise of "county security," but we have unearthed allegations of a number of improprieties by commissioners and staff.

This reporter was contacted this morning at 3 am by a gruff voiced woman (whom we immediately recognized as a long-term commissioner) who stated, "I don't care what they think they've got on paper, that trip to the Cayman Islands last December was county business."

We think she might be referring to $100,000 in federal grant money that never seemed to hit the county coffers.

More on this story as it develops.