Anonymous ID: 5ae11b Nov. 27, 2019, 11:37 a.m. No.7384446   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Gov. Reynolds: It would be ‘irresponsible not to’ appeal jury verdict that Terry Branstad violated state’s LGBTQ discrimination law

 

Less than a week after a judge ruled a jury’s verdict, finding that former Iowa governor Terry Branstad had illegally discriminated against a gay state employee, was based on substantial evidence, current governor Kim Reynolds said it would be “irresponsible” not to appeal the verdict.

 

Reynolds made her remark while speaking to reporters, following the ceremonial pardoning of two turkeys at the governor’s mansion on Tuesday. Her decision to appeal the verdict was announced on Friday, Nov. 22.

 

In 2011, then-governor Branstad slashed the salary of Iowa Workers’ Compensation Commissioner Christopher Godfrey from $112,068 to $73,250 (the lowest salary allowed by state law), drastically reduced the budget for Godfrey’s office and even eliminated the job of one of Godfey’s assistants, in an attempt to force the commissioner to resign. A worker’s compensation commissioner serves a fixed term, and state law prevents a governor from firing one.

https://littlevillagemag.com/gov-reynolds-it-would-be-irresponsible-not-to-appeal-jury-verdict-that-terry-branstad-violated-states-lgbtq-discrimination-law/