Blunt Fires Ferrell When Coverup Fails And He Becomes Political Embarassment

Submitted by Thomas Charles on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 5:22pm.

Harassing women and retaliating against them wasn't enough cause for Governor Blunt to fire Fred Ferrell, but becoming a political liability was too much for the Governor to tolerate.

Caving to political pressure from the Farm Bureau, and despite full knowledge of Ferrell's behavior since last May, Blunt kept Ferrell in his position and even praised him for doing "a very good job." And Blunt attempted to coverup Ferrell's misdeeds, keeping the investigation secret, collecting all copies of the report from the Highway Patrol, and even allowing a state lawyer to go to court to try to prevent the allegations against Ferrell from becoming public.

But once Ferrell became a political embarrassment to the Governor, he cut him loose.

The women of Missouri now know what really matters to this Governor, and it's not creating a workplace where they can thrive, or even survive.

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Submitted by Cronos on Thu, 03/01/2007 - 8:16am.
Fred's feeling fingers freed Ferrell for farming.
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Frisky Freddy Redux

Submitted by Hinnus_Asinus on Wed, 02/28/2007 - 7:04pm.
Frisky Freddy Finally Fired for Feely Fiasco, Fatal Fallabilities, Foulups.
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Frisky Freddy Redux, II

Submitted by J. Carter on Wed, 02/28/2007 - 10:31pm.

Frisky Freddy's foibles forced fed up feedback.

Frisky Freddy's fishy, fraudulant fiscal fiction fomented fracas.

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Adios Fred

Submitted by T. Kniest on Wed, 02/28/2007 - 1:19am.
The incident wounds, the cover up kills. I guess people, even the smart people, will never learn this. Watergate got Nixon, the Congress caught Clinton and Fred fried Blunt. Many a bum show has been saved by the flag." - George M. Cohan
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Maybe this is the new policy

Submitted by DORtruth on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 11:44pm.

Blunt's press release says:

"It has now become apparent that he can no longer lead the department effectively and I have today asked for and accepted his resignation,” said Blunt.

So does this mean all ineffective directors will be asked to resign?

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Does it mean all ineffective directors will be asked to resign?

Submitted by oldelady on Tue, 02/27/2007 - 5:11am.

Only if they get caught and it becomes an embarrassment. Ethics? Who need 'em?

Although I'm sure there were more, that "show dog" label was particularly offensive, irritating, and demeaning.

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Reminds one of...

Submitted by DavidRust on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 9:32pm.

Remember the old "You doing a hell of a job Brownie". Damn we got one of them here, complete with Governor Blunder.


Drust

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Done

Submitted by Cronos on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 6:37pm.
Stick a fork in him.
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Favoritism

Submitted by travisc68 on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 6:51pm.
I noticed that Director Ferrell had his attorneys present when interviewed by investigators.  The double standard is that department employees under the merit system are not afforded that luxury.  And no department is immune to this type of harrassment.  There are plenty of instances of sexual harrassment which leads to promotions, not demotions or dismissals.  Just look at the number of office adminstration assistants at Jefferson City that make 30 0r 40000 dollars per year.  And then look at how much an administrative assistant at a corrections facility or a mental health facility make.  And yes, you PAID FOR IT.
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Corrupt Administration

Submitted by chuckie on Mon, 02/26/2007 - 6:21pm.
This is yet another example of this corrupt Blunt Administration.  Scandals in the Department of Health and now the Department of Agriculture.  If it wasn't for the self generated positive public relations effort there would be nothing good said about this bunch of uncaring idiots.  Just keep cutting services to our most vulnerable and most needy citizens so we can see their true colors.
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