Transportation Cabinet Inspector General Dismissed

{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Spokesman Chuck Wolfe said Monday that the Kentucky Transportation Cabinet has dismissed inspector general David Ray. The job of inspector general is to address allegations of wrongdoing in the cabinet. It responds to about 150 complaints, requests and inquiries each year. In his nearly eight years in the job, Ray, a former U.S. Secret Service agent, has conducted several well-publicized investigations, including a land swap in Perry County between the Transportation Cabinet and a coal company that wanted to surface-mine coal on state land. He also investigated state highway officials for allegedly filing incorrect time sheets.