(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Auditor and Democrat candidate for governor Rob Sand made a stop in Sioux City Monday. Sand said before his event that the record number of school vouchers is a concern. “These private schools can do anything they want on God’s green earth with these tax dollars and the public’s not going to find out about it,” Sand said. “There’s only one thing that’s illegal, they can’t give a rebate to parents, but anything else they want to do is completely legal.” That’s not his only criticism of the school voucher program.

“And then on top of that, look at the unwillingness to allow us to look at the program. We actually tried to audit the controls of the program and the run as administration wouldn’t allow us to do that,” he says. On another issue, Sand said legalizing and taxing marijuana would help the state’s budget. “It’s silly to me that we do not do that, and I think we’re past due for it right now. Iowans are taking their tax dollars and spending them in other states,” Sand said.

State Auditor Rob Sand

The stop was one of several Town Halls Sand is conducting during his campaign.