September 21, 2017      5:32 PM
Sitton asks AG to weigh in on blowup at the Railroad Commission
Sitton and Craddick at odds over the future of the executive director, Sitton says “If any one Railroad Commissioner can call any employee into their office at any time and give them a ‘choice’ of ‘resign or you’ll be fired,’ this deficiency must be addressed.”
After
this week’s blowup at the Texas Railroad Commission about the
agency’s executive director Kim Corley, Commissioner Ryan Sitton on Thursday asked Attorney
General Ken Paxton’s office to weigh
in with an official opinion.
Earlier
in the week, Sitton and Chair Christi Craddick had a testy exchange about whether Craddick had
demanded the resignation of Corley. During that exchange, Sitton
suggested Craddick was acting dictatorially by acting unilaterally to dismiss
the executive director.
“The
purpose of this request is not to disparage anyone or cast blame. My purpose it
to understand the appropriate process and procedure for handling employee
related matters going forward,” Sitton said in a
letter to the AG.
By Scott Braddock
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