LINCOLN — Lancaster County Treasurer Rachel Garver rejected a call to resign in the wake of a state audit alleging “gross mishandling” of local tax revenues by her office. Jack Riggins, chair of the Lancaster County Republican Party, issued a media release seeking Garver’s immediate resignation, saying the findings released Wednesday by State Auditor Mike Foley represented a “serious failure of stewardship of the public’s trust and money.”

Riggins also called on Kristen Anderson, who was chief deputy to Garver during part of the period in question, to withdraw from the race for Lancaster County District Court clerk. Anderson, in a statement, also rejected his call. Both Anderson and Garver, who is running for reelection, are Democrats. The general election is Nov. 3. “I have no intention of resigning,” Garver told the Examiner. “I have a responsibility to the citizens of the county to take care of things. I fixed what needed to be fixed. … I have a couple of more things to work out. We’re working on new procedures.”

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