merit system investigation:Lt. Gov. Pence passed on checking allegations

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He says Fletcher wants the 'unvarnished truth'

Friday, May 20, 2005
By Mark Pitsch
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The Courier-Journal

FRANKFORT, Ky. -- Lt. Gov. Steve Pence said yesterday he learned earlier this month about allegations state workers were being hired on the basis of politics but didn't ask state police to investigate because no one asked him to do so.

Pence said he had heard about the allegations after a state employee spoke with a Transportation Cabinet lawyer, and the cabinet began an inquiry May 2.

"To my knowledge, nothing was brought to me saying, 'Will KSP investigate this?' Just because someone makes an allegation doesn't mean you immediately assume there was criminal conduct involved," Pence, a former federal prosecutor, said at a news conference.

"I did not hear, nor did anyone bring to me, a need to get a criminal investigation started. If anything had been brought to me, I would have reviewed it, and if it was appropriate we would," said Pence, who also is the Justice Cabinet secretary.

more:http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050520/NEWS0104/505200371/1008/NEWS01

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1. if it had been democrats, that would have been in the headline, or

higher up in the story. Since its republicans, you have to wade through about 35 paragraphs, and even then its not COMPLETELY clear it was all one-sided, which it obviously must have been.

bleh.

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2. Well, the story has been brewing for the past few days

we're just getting more info here in Kentucky. The pukes are about to get bitch slapped.

BTW, pukes hate the Courier -Journal, they accuse it of being one of those dreaded liberal papers, even though they endorsed McConnell,since he was a senior senator and could do more for the state. :puke:

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3. I hope this leads to the govenror's immediate demise