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Hissyspit

(45,788 posts)
Wed Jan 1, 2014, 03:30 PM Jan 2014

Judge Rules Ex-ALE Director Improperly Fired Because He Was Democrat (North Carolina)

Source: News & Observer (Raleigh)

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Judge rules ex-ALE director improperly fired because he was a Democrat

Posted by Craig Jarvis on December 31, 2013 Updated 8 hours ago

RALEIGH — The McCrory administration was out to get the former director of the state’s alcohol enforcement agency, who had taken a demotion so he could avoid being fired, because he was a prominent Democrat, a judge found Tuesday.

The state improperly fired former Alcohol Law Enforcement Director John Ledford without following its own policy because of his party affiliation, Senior Administrative Law Judge Fred Morrison Jr. ruled. The judge ordered Ledford re-instated as an ALE agent, given approximately $44,000 in back pay, and reimbursed $50,000 in attorneys’ fees.

Ledford “was a marked man, politically, following the 2012 election for governor,” Morrison wrote in his ruling.

The judge said he didn’t find credible the state Department of Public Safety’s contention that it began reviewing Ledford’s job demotion and transfer only after two ALE agents filed grievances because the job he took hadn’t been posted. Instead, Morrison wrote, evidence at a hearing showed the governor’s transition team was unhappy with Ledford’s maneuver from the beginning, and that administration officials took an interest in him until he was fired in April.


Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/12/31/3497526/judge-rules-ex-ale-director-improperly.html

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Judge Rules Ex-ALE Director Improperly Fired Because He Was Democrat (North Carolina) (Original Post) Hissyspit Jan 2014 OP
Suggest next time explain acronym in your post HERVEPA Jan 2014 #1
This one is kind of self explanatory, Warpy Jan 2014 #2
Ha. Didn't noticve that. :-) HERVEPA Jan 2014 #4
Never trust a republican. Kingofalldems Jan 2014 #3
Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2014 #5
If it were Alabama, he'd have been sent to prison Doctor_J Jan 2014 #6
why mtasselin Jan 2014 #7
K&R! Cha Jan 2014 #8
Patsy and his goons are out of control. WorseBeforeBetter Jan 2014 #9
 

HERVEPA

(6,107 posts)
1. Suggest next time explain acronym in your post
Wed Jan 1, 2014, 03:32 PM
Jan 2014

I know it's contained in the links, but nice to have it in the post.

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Doctor_J

(36,392 posts)
6. If it were Alabama, he'd have been sent to prison
Wed Jan 1, 2014, 04:13 PM
Jan 2014

(like Don Siegelman). He's still there 7 years later.

mtasselin

(666 posts)
7. why
Wed Jan 1, 2014, 08:00 PM
Jan 2014

Why has not President Obama taken action to get this guy out of prison, trump up charges. This is bullshit.

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