Doing the Right Thing?

On April 11, 2011 The Texas Comptroller's Office finally admitted that they had left the personal information of some 3.5 million Texans on a public website for more than a year.  Two weeks prior, on the 31st of March the issue was noticed and corrected.  Since the 11th the Comptroller, Mrs. Susan Combs, has done nearly everything in her power to diminish her role in the mishap.  When the news first surfaced that the screw-up had occurred, Susan Combs looked to spread the blame to other departments that had originally offered the information.  However, this was swiftly rebutted by the department heads in question and they proved that they had done everything by the books to keep the confidential information safe.  Seeing that blame would not work, Mrs. Combs then began looking for free programs that could monitor the affected personnel's credit for any misuse.  She then learned that no such programs exist and was left with no other option than to offer free credit monitoring to anyone who's social security numbers were made public.  The only noble thing that she has done in this debacle is she has said the funds required to offer such assistance, will be pulled from her campaign funds.  Too little, too late?  Only time will tell, as Susan Combs has already began campaigning for the Lieutenant Governor position in 2014.  With someone so reluctant to accept fault, do we really want to give her more responsibility?  Hopefully the voters will remember the name Susan Combs when it comes election time once again.