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Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton sues Gov. Matt Bevin over firing her staff members
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Aug 15, 2019 06:18pm |
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| Category | News |
| Author | Tom Loftus and Phillip M. Bailey |
| Media | Newspaper - Kentucky Courier Journal |
| News Date | Thursday, August 15, 2019 04:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | FRANKFORT — Lt. Gov. Jenean Hampton filed suit against Gov. Matt Bevin on Thursday, asking for court orders that would restore her two fired staff members to their jobs.
The 12-page lawsuit, filed in Franklin Circuit Court, argues the Bevin administration illegally dismissed Hampton's chief of staff, Steve Knipper, in late January and her deputy chief of staff, Adrienne Southworth, in late May.
The lawsuit asks for a court order declaring that such firings — done without Hampton's consent — were "wholly and legally ineffective," and it asks the court to declare the lieutenant governor is the proper appointing authority for employees of the lieutenant governor's office.
"I think the world of her as a person. Needless to say, we have a difference of perspective on certain things," Bevin, who was in Louisville for the state fair, told the Courier Journal later Thursday. "But I think the world of her personally, she's a friend and she's someone I have tremendous respect for." |
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