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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCorruption Investigator Hired By Jan Brewer Is Fired After Finding Corruption
Corruption Investigator Hired By Jan Brewer Is Fired After Finding Corruption
Deborah Montesano
Jan Brewer caught the Arizona political scene by surprise this week when she fired the man who has been cleaning up the corruption in her administration for the last two years.
Brian McNeil was appointed by the governor to serve as Director of the Arizona Department of Administration (ADOA) on November 1, 2012. He had a long history of service in the state government, including previous stints in both Brewers and Fife Symingtons administrations. His agency, ADOA, is responsible for providing support services to the state government and includes the Department of Human Resources.
The corruption investigator had integrity and high standards.
Director McNeil is a military man who is known to hold employees to high standards. He spent over twenty years in the military, including two tours of duty in Iraq, and is still a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. Seems like a great fit for a conservative state government, right? Well, that depends on whether youre talking about what conservatives say or what they do.
When Brewer appointed McNeil as Director of ADOA, she said:
Ive known Brian since my days in the State Senate. He has always been a devoted and honorable public servant, and very few can match his knowledge of Arizona policy and government operations.
Brian played a critical role in helping guide my administration through some of our States most difficult times. Im thankful for his willingness to now rejoin us in leading ADOA into the future.
Brian played a critical role in helping guide my administration through some of our States most difficult times. Im thankful for his willingness to now rejoin us in leading ADOA into the future.
Was he a little too willing? The new director didnt hesitate to roll up his sleeves and start cleaning up the administration. But now hes been summarily dismissed and no one is talking about why. The excuse is that it is a personnel matter. McNeil knows all about personnel matters, having spent the last two years exposing the shady behavior of some of the political appointees in Brewers administration.
The subjects of investigation were Brewer political appointees.
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Corruption Investigator Hired By Jan Brewer Is Fired After Finding Corruption (Original Post)
babylonsister
Oct 2014
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eppur_se_muova
(36,299 posts)1. Didn't he read the instructions that came with the check ? nt
Orrex
(63,225 posts)2. Excellent
christx30
(6,241 posts)5. His fault he was fired.
He was supposed to part of the political theater. But he was doing ACTUAL work. Should have probably clarified that with his boss.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)3. Brewer has been the subject of multiple ethics investigations, but none have ever been found.
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)8. They're buried deeper than available Ethics Detectors can reach.
mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)4. She's a piece of work, that Governor.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)6. Let no good deed go unpunished.
Particularly when you work for rethuglicans.
jonjensen
(168 posts)7. jan brewers drunk driving accident non arrest.
when jan brewer was a state senator she was involved in a drunk driving accident and failed a drunk driving field sobriety test. the highway patrol arrested her and at police station ask her to take a breathalyzer test. her answer I can't take that I would fail call the head of highway patrol and tell him sen. jan brewer is here. head of highway patrol said she is a friend of ours send her home in patrol car so she doesn't have to claim legislative immunity from arrest it would ruin her political career. google jan brewer drunk driving accident.