requiring supervisor approval for employee timesheets, according to a letter Friday to the state inspector general. ... That was among recommendations from the state's watchdog after it reviewed work records for Taylor's former chief of staff, Laura Johnson, and Johnson's administrative assistant."
Warning signs: Paula Farrell, Taylor's executive assistant, "wrote to Chief of Staff Laura Johnson on June 9, 2013, to warn that a fellow employee was putting 'our office's reputation in danger if these actions come to light,'" the Dispatch reports.