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babylonsister

(171,094 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 12:50 PM Oct 2014

Corruption 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 Brewer’s and Fife Symington’s 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 you’re talking about what conservatives say or what they do.

When Brewer appointed McNeil as Director of ADOA, she said:

I’ve 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 State’s most difficult times. I’m thankful for his willingness to now rejoin us in leading ADOA into the future.

Was he a little too willing? The new director didn’t hesitate to roll up his sleeves and start cleaning up the administration. But now he’s 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 Brewer’s 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 OP
Didn't he read the instructions that came with the check ? nt eppur_se_muova Oct 2014 #1
Excellent Orrex Oct 2014 #2
His fault he was fired. christx30 Oct 2014 #5
Brewer has been the subject of multiple ethics investigations, but none have ever been found. Scuba Oct 2014 #3
They're buried deeper than available Ethics Detectors can reach. Jackpine Radical Oct 2014 #8
She's a piece of work, that Governor. mountain grammy Oct 2014 #4
Let no good deed go unpunished. lpbk2713 Oct 2014 #6
jan brewers drunk driving accident non arrest. jonjensen Oct 2014 #7

christx30

(6,241 posts)
5. His fault he was fired.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 03:31 PM
Oct 2014

He was supposed to part of the political theater. But he was doing ACTUAL work. Should have probably clarified that with his boss.

 

jonjensen

(168 posts)
7. jan brewers drunk driving accident non arrest.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 03:42 PM
Oct 2014

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.

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