{Frankfort, Kentucky}...The Kentucky Personnel Board has decided to open an investigation into alleged improprieties at the Department of Agriculture under former Commissioner Richie Farmer, who served from 2004 to 2011. The auditor's report charged that Farmer used state employees to take him hunting and shopping, mow his yard and chauffeur his dog between Frankfort and Louisville during the state fair because the hotel he was staying in wouldn't allow dogs. The board approved an investigation into only some of the claims made in the audit, including an allegation that people were preselected for certain merit positions and that Farmer and other managers gave bonuses to people without receiving recommendations from the employees' supervisors.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Board To Investigate Allegations Against Farmer
{Frankfort, Kentucky}...The Kentucky Personnel Board has decided to open an investigation into alleged improprieties at the Department of Agriculture under former Commissioner Richie Farmer, who served from 2004 to 2011. The auditor's report charged that Farmer used state employees to take him hunting and shopping, mow his yard and chauffeur his dog between Frankfort and Louisville during the state fair because the hotel he was staying in wouldn't allow dogs. The board approved an investigation into only some of the claims made in the audit, including an allegation that people were preselected for certain merit positions and that Farmer and other managers gave bonuses to people without receiving recommendations from the employees' supervisors.
