Monday, January 10, 2005

Kernan rejects requests for resignations

The Indy Star reports that Gov. Kernan has rejected requests for mass resignations in the state government.
Gov. Joe Kernan has rejected a request from Gov.-elect Mitch Daniels' aides to seek mass resignations from members of nearly a dozen state boards and commissions that do everything from set education policy to regulate casinos.[...]

Even if Daniels asks, however, nothing in state law requires members of these boards and commissions to comply. Most state boards and commissions involve fixed terms. The new governor can't fire members if their terms aren't up.[...]

When Democrat Evan Bayh took office in 1989 after 20 years of Republican rule, he agreed to a similar request from the outgoing administration of Gov. Robert D. Orr, a Republican, to find jobs for longtime state workers with no strings attached, said Fred Nation, a former Bayh spokesman.

Downes said she confirmed this with another former Bayh administration official, William Moreau, Bayh's first chief of staff, and relayed this information to Gonso. Moreau did not return a phone call seeking comment.

Bayh did not ask Orr to request the resignations of members of state boards and commissions.
Taking a comic seriously, CNN opts to focus on what it does best: news. Next up for Jon Stewart: FIX FOX NEWS!

Is 2005 the year of responsible journalism? Time will surely tell for this to be true.

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