Ehrlich’s Hit List

6:12 pm EST December 13th, 2005 | Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Fired worker testifies in Ehrlich personnel inquiry

A former personnel manager for the Department of Human Resources told a legislative committee today that the Ehrlich administration ordered that some employees in his agency be fired “so supportive Republicans could be put into office.”

Thomas Burgess, a Republican who stayed on for about a year after Gov. Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. took office, said he was also fired and was told his name was put on a “hit list” because “I had the nerve to recommend that a Democrat be promoted” to a high-ranking position in the department.

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3 Responses to “Ehrlich’s Hit List”

  1. ian says:
    December 13, 2005 at 7:12 pm

    Gee, Oliver do you ever think that this man just is upset because he got fired. If this is all the Dems have, Ehrlich will win with a bigger margin than I thought.

  2. Sundown says:
    December 13, 2005 at 11:12 pm

    It is true that one persons word alone doesn’t mean that Ehrlich is performing an ideological cleansing. But it’s still something to keep in mind, especially considering that [Burgess is a Republican and doesn't have a partisan axe to grind]. Also, Ian, I would like to enquire what your response would be if several more fired employees brought such accusations.

  3. ian says:
    December 14, 2005 at 5:12 pm

    Sundown, it doesn’t matter, things like this happen all the time. And what’s the big deal, this is a blue state and Ehrlich needs all the Repubs he can get.