The governor’s vision for the reworked state inspector general office goes beyond just a personnel change. He said at a news conference Thursday the inspector general duties overlap too much with the functions of the legislative auditor, whose staff also conducts investigations into government fraud and waste.

So like, would this Watchdog previously have been looking into your travel spending, like maybe an uninvited trip to a dog sledding race in Greenland?

“The question is: Is somebody else doing the same work as the inspector general?” Landry said. “And when you look at it, the legislative auditor’s function is very similar to the inspector general’s office.”

Right, if Landry can be governor, coach college football, and annex Greenland on behalf of Estee Lauder, other people really need to learn to pick up the slack and start taking on side hustles. You don’t need two people doing the job of one person when you can have one person sorta quarter passing the job of 3+ people. That’s what efficiency is all about bureaucratic idiots. Take notes.

While not giving many details about his proposal, the governor described the “new” inspector general’s office as “connected to optimization and efficiency within state government.” The governor said Davis will not only be known as the inspector general but also as the state’s “chief integrity officer” in her new role.