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  [KY] GOP chair brokered jobs while aide to [Gov] Fletcher
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Last EditedArmyDem  Sep 25, 2005 04:13pm
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News DateSunday, September 25, 2005 10:00:00 PM UTC0:0
DescriptionSTATE HIRING INVESTIGATION: E-MAILS SHOW PUSH TO PROMOTE LAWMAKER'S SON WHOSE QUALIFICATIONS WERE CHALLENGED

By Ryan Alessi
HERALD-LEADER FRANKFORT BUREAU

FRANKFORT - Darrell Brock Jr., the state Republican Party chairman, brokered Transportation Cabinet and even some Commerce Cabinet positions while he was a key aide to the governor, e-mail records show.

Specifically, Brock worked on-and-off for four months to secure a promotion for the son of a Republican state representative even though transportation personnel officials challenged the son's qualifications.

E-mails, obtained yesterday by the Herald-Leader through an open-records request, show for the first time that Brock was actively involved in job candidate recruitment and hiring across state government.

Only last weekend, Brock dodged an attempt by his former boss, Gov. Ernie Fletcher, to oust him as party chairman. The governor's office wouldn't say yesterday whether Brock's e-mails were part of the reason Fletcher wanted Brock removed.

Brock, while serving as commissioner of the Governor's Office for Local Development, regularly corresponded with employees in the administration's local outreach office as well as Transportation Cabinet officials about rank-and-file merit positions and job applicants, according to a review of the messages as well as other e-mails made public in earlier court filings.
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