Head of Arizona's Cosmetology Board Used Public Funds for Food, Holiday Decorations, Gifts, and More . The same board investigated a student for giving free haircuts and a cancer survivor for giving beauty treatments to the terminally ill.

Reason reports:

The same state cosmetology board that launched an investigation when a student gave free haircuts to the homeless is now under investigation itself—for wasting taxpayers' money.

Donna Aune, executive director of the Arizona State Board of Cosmetology, used a taxpayer-funded debit card to expense personal items, including food, gifts, and holiday decorations, an audit of the board's spending accounts revealed.

Aune was reimbursed for meals during out-of-state travel to conferences and events, even when meals were provided to attendees, and for meals that were apparently unconnected to official travel. Auditors found that 56 out of 105 purchases on Aune's official travel card occurred while she was not traveling, an apparent violation of the state employee code of conduct, the state accounting manual, and state law. "These included purchases at grocery stores, convenience stores, retail stores, and fueling stations," wrote D. Clark Partridge, Arizona State Comptroller, in the audit report.

Aune also signed off on employee and board member expenses that violated state rules, including reimbursement for meals during local travel. One member of the board was reimbursed for more than double the actual trip mileage on two separate occasions; one employee of the board was reimbursed twice for the same travel claim. Aune reviewed and authorized both expenses.

Imagine that.