As promised, Auditor Diana DiZoglio sent another letter to top Beacon Hill Democrats on Thursday demanding they comply with her probe of the Legislature, with the Methuen Democrat largely recycling the missive that she delivered to them last month.
She again made no mention of Question 1 — the measure that voters overwhelmingly approved in November giving DiZoglio’s office explicit authority to audit the Legislature — in the latest “engagement letter” to House Speaker Ron Mariano and Senate President Karen Spilka. Both branch leaders have consistently resisted DiZoglio’s auditing quest, arguing it would violate the constitutional separation of powers.
“Please respond with some potential dates for an entrance conference to be scheduled,” DiZoglio wrote in the letter, which was also sent to top Democrats helming the Ways and Means, Rules, and Post Audit and Oversight committees, as well as the House and Senate clerks.
The auditor had said in a …