Wednesday, 19 December 2007
Double Standards
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This is amazing. Here we are not even a month into the Beshear administration and already there is a problem with merit law violations. At the heart of the controversy is Finance and Administration Cabinet Secretary Johnathon Miller. During his tenure as Treasurer, Miller apparently broke a number of merit laws.
Where is the media now? Shouldn't they be up and arms about this like they were during the Fletcher administration? We had endless stories about the "corrupt" Fletcher administration, but I haven't seen any main stream media coverage of this incident. Is this just another example of journalistic double standards?
Steve Beshear has called for "tougher merit laws". Yet when a clear violation of the current laws occurs he does nothing to enforce them. Shouldn't Beshear enforce the laws already on the book before changing them?
The Democrats started this when they went after Fletcher for similar types of indiscretions. While this issue, like Fletcher's, should be handled by the personnel board the precedent has been set. And I want the same standard applied to both Republicans and Democrats. We need an investigation and a grand jury to indict.
- He hired Michael Bates using improper "pre-selection"
- He authorized illegal salary increases for Rebbecca Parker. In 2004 she was given two salary increase that totaled up to a 566.92 a month increase. There appears to be no written justification for the salary increase. In addition she has gone from a salary of 21,000 out of college to almost 79,000 a year in seven short years. She also traveled with him last May on a trip to Las Vegas. But supposedly she has received no "special treatment".
Where is the media now? Shouldn't they be up and arms about this like they were during the Fletcher administration? We had endless stories about the "corrupt" Fletcher administration, but I haven't seen any main stream media coverage of this incident. Is this just another example of journalistic double standards?
Steve Beshear has called for "tougher merit laws". Yet when a clear violation of the current laws occurs he does nothing to enforce them. Shouldn't Beshear enforce the laws already on the book before changing them?
The Democrats started this when they went after Fletcher for similar types of indiscretions. While this issue, like Fletcher's, should be handled by the personnel board the precedent has been set. And I want the same standard applied to both Republicans and Democrats. We need an investigation and a grand jury to indict.
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