Gomers: What's going wrong

NO BALANCE: A study of Cedar Rapids school building use, delayed by the flood and budget problems, is scheduled for next school year. Action is needed. District enrollment dropped more than 1,200 in the past decade. And there are stark differences in use of building capacity: Enrollment ranges from 151 to 562 at the 24 elementary schools and from 252 to 835 at the middle schools. Kennedy, smallest 10 years ago, now has the most students among the four public high schools.

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POWER STRUGGLE: Linn County Auditor Joel Miller's feud with supervisors escalated last week when he filed a lawsuit. Miller accuses them of interfering with his office's statutory powers. He wants the court to OK a deputy auditor appointment. This began in December when Miller dismissed longtime Deputy Auditor Sue Wold and tried to replace her with someone to do internal audits of county spending. The supervisors thought an internal auditor should be under their jurisdiction. When Miller tried to appoint one of his employees, Karen Heiderscheit, to the position, supervisors eliminated it. Miller attempted to appoint Heiderscheit to a temporary deputy's post, but supervisors said no such position existed. Stay tuned.