Herms William Interview 9 24 12 - California Resources Agency

1 MR. PATTON: Well, we won't go -- I
2 wasn't there, but we'll see what I am able to
3 learn about --
4 MR. HERMS: Okay.
5 MR. PATTON: -- its conception.
6 MR. HERMS: I'm looking forward to
7 the Bureau of State Audit's report.
8 MR. PATTON: Yeah. And I -- but I'm
9 just talking to people who knew something
10 about this. And a lot of people have -- there
11 has been some -- there's been awareness of
12 this in different circles. That's why I'm
13 asking you what you might have heard because
14 you were in one --
15 MR. HERMS: Um-hum.
16 MR. PATTON: -- you were in the
17 executive circle. In the Off Highway Vehicle
18 fund, we've had -- and you were there from
19 '07 --
20 MR. HERMS: Um-hum.
21 MR. PATTON: -- to '11, so I'll just
22 look at these five years. The most recent
23 year is identified as there being a thirty-
24 three-and-a-half million dollar disparity,
25 thirty-three-and-a half less reported to
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