Fletcher appointed Ethics Commission charges Dick Murgatroyd, a former Transportation Cabinet official, with merit system ethics violations.
Rather than re-inventing the wheel on this story, I request you go to the Courier-Journal. Their coverage is reported here and speaks for itself:
The Executive Branch Ethics Commission today charged former Transportation Cabinet Deputy Secretary Dick Murgatroyd with 10 counts of violating the ethics code, as part of the commission's merit system investigation.
Murgatroyd was one of the members of the administration who was indicted, pardoned and subsequently fired by Fletcher during the 2005 scandal.
He is the sixth person to be charged by the commission in regards to the scandal, commission attorney John Steffen said.
Each count has a penalty of up to a $5,000 fine and a public reprimand if he is found guilty.
The next step is for Murgatroyd to respond to the order and a hearing officer to be appointed to hear the case. The officer would make a recommendation to the commission, which would issue a final order. Steffen said the process would take several more months.
The violations are centered around three main points:
Murgatroyd's "possible use of his official position to give others an advantage in obtaining jobs" within the merit system.
His "possible involvement in personnel matters that posed a conflict between his private interest and his duties in the public interest."
His "possible attempt to influence a public agency in personnel matters in derogation of the state at large."
Murgatroyd could not be reached at his Northern Kentucky home.
Is this the case of a good man POLLUTED by "Frankfort"?
The Executive Branch Ethics Commission today charged former Transportation Cabinet Deputy Secretary Dick Murgatroyd with 10 counts of violating the ethics code, as part of the commission's merit system investigation.
Murgatroyd was one of the members of the administration who was indicted, pardoned and subsequently fired by Fletcher during the 2005 scandal.
He is the sixth person to be charged by the commission in regards to the scandal, commission attorney John Steffen said.
Each count has a penalty of up to a $5,000 fine and a public reprimand if he is found guilty.
The next step is for Murgatroyd to respond to the order and a hearing officer to be appointed to hear the case. The officer would make a recommendation to the commission, which would issue a final order. Steffen said the process would take several more months.
The violations are centered around three main points:
Murgatroyd's "possible use of his official position to give others an advantage in obtaining jobs" within the merit system.
His "possible involvement in personnel matters that posed a conflict between his private interest and his duties in the public interest."
His "possible attempt to influence a public agency in personnel matters in derogation of the state at large."
Murgatroyd could not be reached at his Northern Kentucky home.
Is this the case of a good man POLLUTED by "Frankfort"?
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