Friday, 21 December 2007
Crony Express VII
« Miracle in the 95th | Main | Budget FUD »On Thursday Gov Beshear made the last of the major appointments to his adminstration.
Gov. Steve Beshear named Janie Miller, a long-time government worker, as secretary of the Health and Family Services Cabinet on Thursday. Former Rep. Steve Nunn will be her deputy secretary.Once again we get another long time crony from previous administrations. But this time we get the added bonus of an incompetent crony. Not only has she been twice fired but apparently has a difficult time telling the truth.
Miller, 52, has held a wide range of state jobs over the past 31 years, including 17 years in the former Cabinet for Human Resources -- where she was twice fired by officials in Gov. Brereton Jones' administration.Lastly we are treated with the first (and apparently last) Republican appointment in Beshears administration. Not surprisingly RINO turncoat Steve Nunn was appointed deputy secretary for Health and Family Services. I guess Steve is collecting his 30 pieces of silver.
In September 1992, Jones dismissed Miller as deputy Medicaid commissioner, but she was quickly rehired as an assistant to the Secretary of Human Resources and was named acting Medicaid commissioner in January of 1993.
By September of 1993, Miller was again fired by Human Resources Secretary Fontaine Banks just as investigative reports found that the $2 billion program had lax spending controls, had made weak efforts to recover overpayments and allowed questionable use of Medicaid-paid transportation by patients.
When questioned Thursday, Miller said she willingly resigned from both positions and was not fired.
However, on Sept. 3, 1993, Miller told the Herald-Leader that she had not submitted a resignation as acting Medicaid commissioner, even though a news release said her resignation had been requested and received.
"I think you can read between the lines that I've been fired," she said at the time.
Best quote from the article.
Nunn, a Republican, endorsed Beshear during his campaign for governor. Beshear said the appointment was based on Nunn's experience, not the endorsement.Yeah. Right. Maybe I understand know why Beshear hired Miller. They apparently have at least one trait in common.
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