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On that auditor appointment

A city document obtained by The Rooster shows the new auditor's old firm billed Columbus over $900K since 2019 for bond work. It's a relationship that opens a web of conflict if it continues.

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May 28, 2026
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Columbus Auditor Jacqueline Lewis, whom City Council appointed to the vacated role late last month.

Last month, Columbus City Council appointed Jacquelin Lewis as the new city auditor to replace the venerable Megan Kilgore, who vacated her longtime post to co-found something called “a technology consulting firm.”

The council meeting ostensibly served as a…

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